miracle
/ˈmiɹ.ə.kəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.
noun
An awesome and exceptional example of something.
name
A female given name.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Many religious beliefs are based on miracles."
- "An example of a miracle associated with Muhammad is the splitting of the moon."
- "That’s fantastic! And he’s right, it is a miracle! E-Except when you think about it, it’s actually not, it’s science, which I’d argue is actually better and more convenient than a miracle because you don’t have to spend the next 2000 years worshipping the scientists, you can just be like, “thanks!”"
- "Secondly, it was a miracle that a document hammered out with such difficulty, satisfying very few of its authors completely and satisfying some of them very little, would turn out to be the most successful political invention in history."
- "It was a miracle that I survived that ditching in the high waves because I had my seat belt and shoulder harness unbuckled in anticipation of bailing out."
- "Seen in this light it was a miracle of economic history that Europe was able to undertake so much higher a proportion of its expansion overseas, and secure a massive injection of resources and big markets without a commensurate growth in her numbers."
Etymology
From Middle English miracle, from Old French miracle, from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyh₂- (“to smile, to be astonished”). Doublet of milagro and miraculum. Partially displaced native wonder, from Old English wundor (“miracle, wonder”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *(s)mey-, miracle, mīrāculum, *(s)meyh₂-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmiɹ.ə.kəl/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.