miracle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An amazing event that cannot be explained by the laws of nature and is believed to be caused by God.

   Many religions tell stories of miracles.

2. 2
   noun

   A very lucky or wonderful event that seems almost impossible.

   It was a miracle that everyone survived the crash.

From Middle English miracle, from Old French miracle, from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyh₂- (“to smile, to be astonished”). Doublet of milagro and miraculum. Partially displaced native wonder, from Old English wundor (“miracle, wonder”).

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