mirage
To cause to appear as or like a mirageTo cause to appear as or like a mirage.
» Have you ever seen a mirage?
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1 sensesTo cause to appear as or like a mirage.
Examples
14 sentencesHave you ever seen a mirage?
In reality, it was a mirage.
ruНа самом деле это мираж. — marafon
Heaven and hell are only mirages.
ruРай и ад – всего лишь миражи. — carlosalberto
A mirage is said to be an illusion.
ruГоворят, мираж - это иллюзия. — marafon
deDie Fata Morgana soll eine Sinnestäuschung sein. — Hans_Adler
The water on the road was just a mirage.
ruВода на дороге была просто миражом. — marafon
Origin
An unadapted borrowing from French mirage c. 1812.An unadapted borrowing from French mirage c. 1812.
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Forms
mirages, miraging, miraged, miragedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.