Understand time, for example, after reflection (3)
I believe the answer is:
get
'understand' is the definition.
(I know that understand can be written as get)
'time for example after reflection' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'for example' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'after reflection' says the letters should be written backwards.
't'+'eg'='teg'
'teg' reversed gives 'GET'.
(Other definitions for get that I've seen before include "See 18" , "Escape" , "Procure from vegetables" , "Receive; obtain" , "Acquire" .)