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mirages

mirages is the plural of mirage.

mirages is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mirage.

Meaning of mirage

Noun

mirage (plural mirages)

  1. An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.
  2. (figuratively) An illusion.
    • I remember hearing, that in the East the clear and azure waters seem to flow before the weary and parched traveller; yet a little further, and on he urges his weary way, but in vain—the fair stream is a delusion. Even thus happiness is the mirage which leads us over the desert of life, ever fated...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 68

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What is mirages the plural of?
Mirages is the plural of mirage.

Words near mirages in the dictionary

  1. miradors
  2. mirage
  3. miraged
  4. mirageless
  5. miragelike
  6. mirages
  7. miraging
  8. Miraglia
  9. Miraglias
  10. miragy
  11. Mirak

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