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miracle
/ˈmiɹ.ə.kəl/
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What does miracle mean?
noun
- An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.
- A fortunate outcome that prevails despite overwhelming odds against it.
- An awesome and exceptional example of something.
More meanings (3)
verb
- To affect by a miracle; to work a miracle upon.
proper noun
- A female given name.
- 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.
If by some miracle this army of criminals could have been eliminated, the progress of the Revolution would have been very different.
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This is the "daily miracle" of evening, as the blazing peaks in the darkness of Mirror Lake are the miracle of morning.
Mr. Micawber, with a perfect miracle of dexterity or luck, caught his advancing knuckles with the ruler, and disabled his right hand.
It was by no miracle that Edison was far and away ahead of his time when he undertook to improve the dynamo.