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miracle

/ˈmiɹ.ə.kəl/

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What does miracle mean?

noun

  1. An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.
  2. A fortunate outcome that prevails despite overwhelming odds against it.
  3. An awesome and exceptional example of something.
More meanings (3)

verb

  1. To affect by a miracle; to work a miracle upon.

proper noun

  1. A female given name.
  2. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmiɹ.ə.kəl/

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When a woman chose to be a mother, she allowed the child-longing to grow within her till it worked its natural miracle.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanHerlandProject Gutenberg ebook #32
If by some miracle this army of criminals could have been eliminated, the progress of the Revolution would have been very different.
Gustave Le BonThe Psychology of RevolutionProject Gutenberg ebook #448
More book examples (3)
This is the "daily miracle" of evening, as the blazing peaks in the darkness of Mirror Lake are the miracle of morning.
Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) BirdA Lady's Life in the Rocky MountainsProject Gutenberg ebook #755
Mr. Micawber, with a perfect miracle of dexterity or luck, caught his advancing knuckles with the ruler, and disabled his right hand.
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766
It was by no miracle that Edison was far and away ahead of his time when he undertook to improve the dynamo.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820