mirage
noun /ˈmɪrɑːʒ/, /məˈrɑːʒ/
/məˈrɑːʒ/
- an effect caused by hot air in deserts or on roads, that makes you think you can see something, such as water, which is not thereOxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + mirage
- see
- chase
- vanish
- a hope or wish that you cannot make happen because it is not realistic synonym illusion
- His idea of love was a mirage.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + mirage- see
- chase
- vanish
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from se mirer ‘be reflected’, from Latin mirare ‘look at’.