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# miracle

noun (a miracle, miracles)

«miracle» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A wonderful event that seems impossible and that some people believe is done by God. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#m2)
3. Something amazing (a miracle of modern science). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#m3)

### 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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#x2)
- The new medicine worked like a miracle. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#x4)
- Teachers can work miracles with tired children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#x5)
- The cat's survival after the fall was a small miracle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/#x6)
- Is she not a miracle of beauty and grace? [tree →](https://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 Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The writer treats the idea of place value as a wonder. Sefer Yetzirah's talk of numbers is read as the basis of this. In the primary 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

- The principle of position is the "miracle" that makes one, many and many, one. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/miracle/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «miracle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miracle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «miracle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/miracle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«miracle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/miracle.html) on Mova free.