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# miracle

«miracle» in Mova's school dictionary: **A wonderful event that seems impossible and that some…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a miracle, miracles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A wonderful event that seems impossible and that some people believe is done by God. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#m1)

2) A very lucky or surprising event (it's a miracle nobody was hurt). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#m2)

3) Something amazing (a miracle of modern science). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education: stories of miracles. In everyday life and news: "It's a miracle we caught the bus!" In science: medicine is sometimes called a miracle of modern science. Phrases: a miracle cure, it's a miracle that, work miracles.

### examples

- It was a miracle that nobody was hurt in the crash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#x1)
- The story tells of a miracle in which water turned into wine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#x2)
- The new medicine worked like a miracle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#x3)
- It'll be a miracle if my room is tidy by tonight! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#x4)
- Teachers can work miracles with tired children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#x5)
- The cat's survival after the fall was a small miracle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#x6)
- Is she not a miracle of beauty and grace? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#x7)

### note

Countable. Adjective: miraculous; adverb: miraculously. Trap: "miracle cure" adverts often promise too much — be careful about such claims.

### In the corpora

- [Chloe holds her breath like it's a miracle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does/18/)
- [A miracle is an amazing event that Christians believe shows God's power at work beyond the ordinary.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/6/)
- [John's Gospel calls Jesus' miracles «signs», because they point to who Jesus is.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/7/)
- [Christians believe God can act in the world; sceptics doubt that miracles happen; some Christians read some miracle stories symbolically.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «miracle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.