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miracle
[mir-uh-kuhl]
noun
an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
such an effect or event manifesting or considered as a work of God.
a wonder; marvel.
a wonderful or surpassing example of some quality.
a miracle of modern acoustics.
miracle
/ ˈɪəə /
noun
an event that is contrary to the established laws of nature and attributed to a supernatural cause
any amazing or wonderful event
a person or thing that is a marvellous example of something
the bridge was a miracle of engineering
short for miracle play
(modifier) being or seeming a miracle
a miracle cure
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of miracle1
Example Sentences
Prof Fataar is equally bleak about the future: "I can't see, bar a miracle, how we can increase the finances for poor schools."
"My farm has become something of a local miracle. People travel from far-off places just to see the apple trees growing under the hot Maharashtra sun."
Barring any interjections from the weather it would be a minor miracle if this contest now stretches through until Saturday.
The reveries always end poorly, usually with me shouting something like “Your body is a miracle!” and their owner robot escorting me off its property.
Or, to paraphrase a Virginia Woolf line from “To the Lighthouse” that Rhys invoked earlier: gets us through are “little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark.”
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