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   miracle

   /ˈmɪrɪkl/

   noun

   • 1. an extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore attributed to a divine agency: "the miracle of rising from the grave" Similar supernatural phenomenonmysteryprodigysign
   • ▪ a remarkable event or development that brings very welcome consequences: "it was a miracle that more people hadn't been killed"
   • ▪ an exceptional product or achievement, or an outstanding example of something: "a machine which was a miracle of design" Similar wondermarvelsensationphenomenonastonishing featamazing achievement

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin miraculum ‘object of wonder’, from mirari ‘to wonder’, from mirus ‘wonderful’.

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