- [countable] an act or event that does not follow the laws of nature and is believed to be caused by God synonym wonder
- the miracle of rising from the grave
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- real
- true
- …
- create
- do
- make
- …
- happen
- occur
- worker
- story
- cure
- …
- by a miracle
- [singular] (informal) a lucky thing that happens that you did not expect or think was possible synonym wonder
- an economic miracle
- a miracle cure/drug
- it is a miracle (that)… It's a miracle (that) nobody was killed in the crash.
- It would take a miracle to make this business profitable.
Extra Examples- It would take a miracle to get the old car going again.
- The letter's survival is something of a minor miracle.
- There is still no miracle cure for this condition.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- real
- true
- …
- create
- do
- make
- …
- happen
- occur
- worker
- story
- cure
- …
- by a miracle
- [countable] miracle of something a very good example or product of something synonym wonder
- The car is a miracle of engineering.
- A colony of bees is a miracle of organization.
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin miraculum ‘object of wonder’, from mirari ‘to wonder’, from mirus ‘wonderful’.
Idioms
See miracle in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee miracle in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishwork/perform miracles
- to achieve very good results
- Her exercise programme has worked miracles for her.
- You can work miracles with very little money if you follow our home decoration tips.
- He performed miracles to get everything ready in time.
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc2- Don't expect this medicine to work miracles.
- You shouldn't expect the treatment to work miracles.
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