miracle
n. countablen. an amazing event that seems impossible because it cannot be explained by science. People often believe these events are caused by God or a higher power.
n. an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs; more broadly, an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment.
It is a miracle that everyone survived the crash.
The doctors said her recovery was a miracle because they had lost all hope.
While theologians debate the nature of divine miracles, the local community viewed the sudden end of the drought as a direct answer to their collective prayers.
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”).
Often used with the preposition 'of' to describe the nature of the event, such as 'a miracle of modern medicine'.