rear view mirror

collocation in English

meaningsofrear,viewandmirror

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rear
adjective[before noun]
uk
/rɪər/us
/rɪr/
at the back ...
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view
noun
uk
/vjuː/us
/vjuː/
an opinion, belief, or idea, or a way of thinking ...
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mirror
noun
uk
/ˈmɪr.ər/us
/ˈmɪr.ɚ/
a piece of glass with a shiny, metal-covered back that reflects light, producing an image of whatever is in front ...
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(Definition ofrear,viewandmirrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrear view mirror

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The car is surrounded by a golden halo and has fluffy dice hanging from the rearviewmirror.
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I felt like it was a statement that we were going to put some things in the rearviewmirror.
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One last unique addition to the new design was a single high mounted rearviewmirroron the driver's side.
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The game also features a remixed soundtrack, rearviewmirrorand changes in daylight from day to night.
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The exterior rearviewmirrorfeatured a new design and in some cases matched the car's body color.
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A full-size spare tire is added as an option along with an auto dimming rearviewmirror.
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New standard safety features included a padded instrument panel, outside driver-side rearviewmirrorand backup lights.
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Thus, she can be said to have pioneered the rearviewmirrorseven years before it was adopted by manufacturers.
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The increased speed in the driver's view can be explained by the removal of the rearviewmirror.
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He draws her while he sits in the driver's seat looking at her through the rearviewmirroras she struggles in the back.
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Hanging from the rearviewmirrorof the car are three fuzzy dice, showing the numbers 1, 5 and 2 respectively.
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It also features a micro roof antenna, body colour door handles and the side indicator lights incorporated on the outside rearviewmirror.
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Popular extra-cost options included a tilt steering wheel, power windows, power driver's seat, air conditioning, a remote-control sideviewmirror, and white sidewall tires.
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It was once said that economic management is like trying to drive a fast car with the aid of only a rearviewmirror.
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Nearside mirrors must be fitted in vehicles with no internal rearviewmirror, such as lorries.
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If the headlamp is reflected in one's rearviewmirror, again it is distracting.
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Hansard archive
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I felt like it was a statement that we were going to put some things in the rearviewmirror.
From
Wikipedia
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He draws her while he sits in the driver's seat looking at her through the rearviewmirroras she struggles in the back.
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Wikipedia
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Hanging from the rearviewmirrorof the car are three fuzzy dice, showing the numbers 1, 5 and 2 respectively.
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Wikipedia
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One last unique addition to the new design was a single high mounted rearviewmirroron the driver's side.
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Wikipedia
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The car is surrounded by a golden halo and has fluffy dice hanging from the rearviewmirror.
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Wikipedia
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The game also features a remixed soundtrack, rearviewmirrorand changes in daylight from day to night.
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Wikipedia
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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