{
    "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’."
}