Vocabulary
Illusion
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
an instance of a wrong or misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience.
Urdu meaning
وہم، دھوکہ، فریب
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- It argues that Pakistan`s claims that transmission had been interrupted between 2021 and 2023 were an illusion created by Covid-19 restrictions.
- The optimism that followed the agreement that it might pave the way for an Islamic bloc is little more than an illusion.
- Can exchanges and wallet providers be expected to hold reserves or insurance, or would that prove another illusion on paper?
- Second, it supported an illusion of greeningthe desertsthroughcanals.
- Pakistan must also disabuse itself of the illusion of balancing relations between the US and China.
Synonyms
mirage, hallucination, apparition, phantasm, phantom, vision, spectre, fantasy
Curator example
“stripes embellish the surface to create the illusion of various wood-grain textures”
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