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{
"term": "miracle",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an act or event that does not follow the laws of nature and is believed to be caused by God",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the miracle of rising from the grave"
}
],
"synonyms": "wonder",
"topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "real", "true"],
"verb + miracle": ["create", "do", "make"],
"miracle + verb": ["happen", "occur"],
"miracle + noun": ["worker", "story", "cure"],
"preposition": ["by a miracle"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a lucky thing that happens that you did not expect or think was possible",
"sensetop": "it is a miracle (that)…",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an economic miracle"
},
{
"text": "a **miracle cure/drug**"
},
{
"text": "It's a miracle (that) nobody was killed in the crash.",
"contextForm": "it is a miracle (that)…"
},
{
"text": "It would take a miracle to make this business profitable."
},
{
"text": "It would take a miracle to get the old car going again."
},
{
"text": "The letter's survival is something of a minor miracle."
},
{
"text": "There is still no miracle cure for this condition."
}
],
"synonyms": "wonder",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "real", "true"],
"verb + miracle": ["create", "do", "make"],
"miracle + verb": ["happen", "occur"],
"miracle + noun": ["worker", "story", "cure"],
"preposition": ["by a miracle"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a very good example or product of something",
"sensetop": "miracle of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The car is a miracle of engineering."
},
{
"text": "A colony of bees is a miracle of organization."
}
],
"synonyms": "wonder"
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to achieve very good results",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her exercise programme has worked miracles for her."
},
{
"text": "You can work miracles with very little money if you follow our home decoration tips."
},
{
"text": "He performed miracles to get everything ready in time."
},
{
"text": "Don't expect this medicine to work miracles."
},
{
"text": "You shouldn't expect the treatment to work miracles."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɪrəkl/",
"audio": "mi/miracle/miracle__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɪrəkl/",
"audio": "mi/miracle/miracle__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin miraculum ‘object of wonder’, from mirari ‘to wonder’, from mirus ‘wonderful’."
}