mirage
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7.4
- noun
- /mɪˈrɑːʒ/
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espejismo
- Is that a mirage or is there a plausible explanation for that?
Is that a mirage or is there a plausible explanation for that?
- Is that a mirage or is there a plausible explanation for that?
- I saw it once and then it disappeared like a mirage.
Examples
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While walking through the desert, I saw a mirage that looked like a lake in the distance.
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You see some incredible mirages in the desert.
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I saw the sea and knew It was a mirage
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From here, it looks like a mirage.
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When you thought you saw one, it often turned out to be a mirage.
Fiction book (1993) -
That's a mirage because we're in the middle of the desert!
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The office building that housed radio station WKEY suddenly appeared before me like a mirage in the desert.
Fiction book (1997) -
A lone figure appears on the horizon, wavering like a mirage.
Fiction book (1994) -
The plane steadily descended, its approach looking like a mirage as the heat shimmered off the runway.
Fiction book (2002) -
The faint outlines of roadhouses from sixty years ago shimmered before her eyes like heat mirages.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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4.6
A false idea or appearance that makes you think something is true
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4.1
An image that tricks your eyes into seeing something not real
A strange image on the horizon that makes distant things look closer or doubled
How Elusive
- Informal
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6.8
- Literature
5
9.3
- Literature
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7.4
319
4.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mirage comes from the French mirer 'to look' and the Latin mirari 'to wonder', and it is like the English word mirror because it tricks your eyes. That is why a mirage on a hot road looks like water but is only light bending in the air.