miracle Definition
mira·cle (mir′ə kəl)
noun
- 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
- a remarkable event or thing; marvel
- a wonderful example a miracle of tact
- miracle play
Etymology: OFr < L miraculum, a strange thing, in LL(Ec), miracle < mirari, to wonder at < mirus, wonderful < IE base *(s)mei-, to smile
miracle Synonyms
miracle Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- loaf: Before I had my turn I had opened the bible for a snap quotation, got the miracle of the loaves and fishes.
- healing: Some accounts of miracles of healing from the Hand have come down to us.
- resurrection: It is through the miracle of the resurrection that our salvation is sealed.
- grace: Those that do not delight to hear the word have no mind to see the miracles of grace.
Converse of object
- perform: To perform these miracles, to lift a million tons of rock into the sky.
- expect: Jesus expected the miracle to end a forty year cosmic battle, assuming him to be an Essene.
- accomplish: I also want to share about how God accomplished miracles in our work in a physical way.
- suppose: A Chou En Lai verdict on Gordon Brown Samuel Brittan The Financial Times 22/07/05 Is Gordon Brown's supposed economic miracle based on sand?
- heal: Also many churches claim that miracles are still happening, especially healing miracles.
Adjective modifier
- minor: He wondered what other minor miracles I was planning.
- biblical: In preserving the Biblical miracles as " facts " their message had been lost.
- alleged: You also get bizarre alleged miracles in the apocryphal gospels.
- bloody: He needed a bloody miracle, that's what he needed.
- supernatural: The truth was hidden in the supernatural, miracles and parables.
- post-war: He experienced at first hand the application of new holistic management practices that produced the Japanese post-war economic miracle.
Modifies a noun
- cure: The egg whites are also a miracle cure for burns, even severe ones.
- story: Hence we find miracle stories in the OT being recycled into the New Testament.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near miracle
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