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miracle

miracle

4.4
A very surprising good event that has no natural explanation
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪrəkl/
translation icon : milagro
  • After that impact, it's a miracle the car is in one piece and the driver could walk away.
  • miracles happen
  • believe in miracles
  • expect miracles

A lot of people are told about the miracle that is IVF.

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Examples

  • I expect a miracle every single day.

  • It's, it's such a remarkable miracle that we're all here.

  • And it was a kind of miracle because we had both.

  • You know, I mean, what a what a miracle to exist.

  • It's a miracle he lived as long as he did, to be honest.

  • The staff at my school works miracles with and for our students on a daily basis.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Given the distances, it was a miracle that anyone got there so fast.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Do you believe in miracles, Beth?

  • It was nothing short of a miracle and I am so lucky to be here.

  • Witnessing the birth of my child was a true miracle that I'll cherish forever.

Synonyms

wonder
vsmiracle
331 1.0

A place or thing that is very surprising and beautiful

is an unexplained occurrence attributed to supernatural agency rather than mere admiration
phenomenon
vsmiracle
58 7.2

A person or thing that becomes very famous and attracts attention

is an extraordinary event unexplained by natural laws and seen as supernatural
13 7.9

An action by a god or spirit that changes what happens to people

is an unexplained extraordinary event often seen as caused by a supernatural agent

Antonyms

1.0

A sudden event that causes great damage, loss, or failure

683 1.0

Normal and not special or unusual

Compounds

A person people believe causes amazing events like healings that others cannot explain

2 7.9

A man believed to do amazing or impossible things

miracle play
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A play from the Middle Ages showing events from a saint's life

Too much belief or praise for miracles that ignores core religious teachings

How Remarkable

miracle
4.4
marvel
122 4.1
oddity
15 5.3
curiosity
27 5.0

Surface Forms

miracle singular
miracles plural

Etymology

Miracle comes from the Latin mirari, which means 'to wonder', and it shares the same root as admire. So a miracle is something that makes people feel wonder and seem beyond normal explanation.