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(mɪrəkəl)
Word forms: plural miracles
1. countable noun
If you say that a good event is a miracle, you mean that it is very surprising and unexpected.
It is a miracle no one was killed.
The Italian economic miracle has always been a mystery.
Synonyms: wonder, phenomenon, sensation, marvel More Synonyms of miracle
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A miracle drug or product does something that was thought almost impossible.
[journalism]
...a miracle drug that is said to be a cure for Aids and cancer.
3. countable noun
A miracle is a wonderful and surprising event that is believed to be caused by God.
...the miracle of the Virgin Birth.
...Jesus's ability to perform miracles.
Synonyms: supernatural phenomenon, mystery, prodigy, thaumaturgy More Synonyms of miracle

miracle in British English

(ˈmɪrəkəl)
noun
1. 
an event that is contrary to the established laws of nature and attributed to a supernatural cause
2. 
any amazing or wonderful event
3. 
a person or thing that is a marvellous example of something
the bridge was a miracle of engineering
4.  short for miracle play
5. (modifier)
being or seeming a miracle
a miracle cure
Word origin
C12: from Latin mīrāculum, from mīrārī to wonder at

miracle in American English

(ˈmɪrəkəl)
noun
1. 
an event or action that apparently contradicts known scientific laws and is hence thought to be due to supernatural causes, esp. to an act of God
2. 
a remarkable event or thing; marvel
3. 
a wonderful example
a miracle of tact
4. 
miracle play
Word origin
OFr < L miraculum, a strange thing, in LL(Ec), miracle < mirari, to wonder at < mirus, wonderful < IE base *(s)mei-, to smile

COBUILD Collocations
miracle

absolute miracle
economic miracle
minor miracle

Examples of 'miracle' in a sentence
miracle

No such miracle cure exists.
The Sun (2016)
Exercise is the miracle cure.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It offers more hope, but those with loved ones who have undergone the treatment say it is not a miracle cure.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Exercise, it seems, is the miracle cure.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A minor miracle has begun.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yet palm oil is something of a miracle product.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The fact is that humans really can perform miracles of conservation.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
So are these drugs a miracle cure?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Police said it was a miracle that no one else died.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
THERE'S no such thing as a miracle diet.
The Sun (2009)
None of the nations enjoying economic miracles is without problems.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You will find no claims for miracle cures in this book.
Shreeve, Dr Caroline M Lower Your Blood Pressure in 4 Easy Stages (1989)
We would have still needed a minor miracle to get through.
The Sun (2014)
Are testosterone replacement drugs a miracle cure or a racket?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is a miracle no one was killed.
The Sun (2012)
Foreign policy has been slow to catch up with the economic miracle.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Yet this did not harm his reputation as a worker of wonders and of miracle cures.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There are such things as miracles.
Max Hastings Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 194445 (2007)
This year's winner had a more hometown miracle to perform.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It can't perform miracles but might help him feel more optimistic.
The Sun (2011)
Just as she had given up hope, the miracle of nature and the wonders of science fulfilled her dream.
The Sun (2012)
This is a miracle product.
The Sun (2010)
Wisdom comes with acceptance of, and belief in, mystery and miracles as well as scientific facts.
MacIntyre, Anne M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It (1989)

Quotations

Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe Bible: St. John
The age of miracles is past

In other languages
miracle

British English: miracle /ˈmɪrəkl/ NOUN
If you say that an event or invention is a miracle, you mean that it is very surprising and fortunate.
It is a miracle that he survived the accident.
  • American English: miracle
  • Arabic: مُعْجِزَةٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: milagre
  • Chinese: 奇迹
  • Croatian: čudo
  • Czech: zázrak
  • Danish: mirakel
  • Dutch: mirakel
  • European Spanish: milagro
  • Finnish: ihme
  • French: miracle
  • German: Wunder
  • Greek: θαύμα
  • Italian: miracolo
  • Japanese: 奇跡
  • Korean: 기적
  • Norwegian: mirakel
  • Polish: cud
  • European Portuguese: milagre
  • Romanian: miracol
  • Russian: чудо
  • Latin American Spanish: milagro
  • Swedish: mirakel
  • Thai: เรื่องมหัศจรรย์
  • Turkish: mucize
  • Ukrainian: диво
  • Vietnamese: điều kỳ diệu
British English: miracle ADJECTIVE
A miracle drug or product does something that was thought almost impossible.
...the miracle drugs that keep his 94-year-old mother healthy.
  • American English: miracle
  • Brazilian Portuguese: miraculoso
  • Chinese: 神奇的
  • European Spanish: milagroso
  • French: miracle
  • German: Wunder-
  • Italian: miracoloso
  • Japanese: 驚異的な
  • Korean: 기적과 같은
  • European Portuguese: miraculoso
  • Latin American Spanish: milagroso

Chinese translation of 'miracle'

miracle

(ˈmɪrəkl)

n (c)

  1. (Rel) 圣(聖)迹(蹟) (shèngjì) (处, chù)
  2. (= marvel) 奇迹(蹟) (qíjì) (个(個), gè)

cpd

  1. [cure, drug] 特效 (tèxiào)
    it's a miracle (that) ... ... 真是个(個)奇迹(蹟) ( ... zhēn shì gè qíjì)
1 (noun) 
Definition
a marvellous example of something
It's a miracle no one was killed.
Synonyms
wonder
a fascinating lecture on the wonders of nature
phenomenon
The Loch Ness monster is not the only bizarre phenomenon that bookmakers take bets on.
sensation
marvel
A new technological marvel was invented there – the electron microscope.
amazing achievement
astonishing feat
2 (noun) 
Definition
an event contrary to the laws of nature and attributed to a supernatural cause
Jesus's ability to perform miracles
Synonyms
supernatural phenomenon
mystery
prodigy
people performing prodigies of superhuman endurance
thaumaturgy

Quotation

Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe [Bible: St. John]

proverb

The age of miracles is past

Additional synonyms

in the sense of marvel
Definition
something that causes wonder
A new technological marvel was invented there – the electron microscope.
Synonyms
wonder,
phenomenon,
miracle,
portent
in the sense of phenomenon
Definition
any remarkable occurrence or person
The Loch Ness monster is not the only bizarre phenomenon that bookmakers take bets on.
Synonyms
wonder,
sensation,
spectacle,
sight,
exception,
miracle,
marvel,
prodigy,
rarity,
nonpareil,
black swan
in the sense of prodigy
Definition
anything that is a cause of wonder
people performing prodigies of superhuman endurance
Synonyms
wonder,
phenomenon,
miracle,
sensation,
marvel,
one in a million,
rare bird (informal)

Synonyms of 'miracle'

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