mystery

  • 21mystery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great ▪ How the disease started is one of medicine s great mysteries. ▪ little, minor, small ▪ one of life s little mysteries …

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  • 22mystery — mys|te|ry1 W3 [ˈmıstəri] n plural mysteries [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: mysterium, from Greek, from mystos keeping silent , from myein (of the eyes or lips) to be closed ] 1.) [C usually singular] an event, situation etc that people do not …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23mystery — n. 1) to pose a mystery (her disappearance poses a real mystery) 2) to clear up; fathom, solve, unravel a mystery 3) an unsolved mystery 4) a murder mystery 5) a mystery deepens 6) a mystery to (it was a mystery to me) 7) (misc.) shrouded,… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 24mystery — I UK [ˈmɪst(ə)rɪ] / US noun Word forms mystery : singular mystery plural mysteries ** 1) [countable] something that you are not able to understand, explain, or get information about I just can t think who she could have been – it s a mystery. The …

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  • 25mystery — mys|ter|y1 [ mıst(ə)ri ] noun ** ▸ 1 something you cannot explain ▸ 2 being hard to explain ▸ 3 type of story/movie etc. ▸ 4 secrets about subject ▸ 5 in religion 1. ) count something that you are not able to understand, explain, or get… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 26mystery — 1. n. (pl. ies) 1 a secret, hidden, or inexplicable matter (the reason remains a mystery). 2 secrecy or obscurity (wrapped in mystery). 3 (attrib.) secret, undisclosed (mystery guest). 4 the practice of making a secret of (esp. unimportant)… …

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  • 27mystery — [[t]mɪ̱stəri[/t]] ♦♦♦ mysteries 1) N COUNT A mystery is something that is not understood or known about. The source of the gunshots still remains a mystery. ...the mysteries of mental breakdown. 2) N UNCOUNT If you talk about the mystery of… …

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  • 28Mystery — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Mystery signifie mystère en anglais. Sommaire 1 Littérature 2 Musique …

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  • 29mystery — mystery1 /mis teuh ree, tree/, n., pl. mysteries. 1. anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown: the mysteries of nature. 2. any affair, thing, or person that presents features or qualities so obscure as to arouse curiosity or …

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  • 30mystery — In common English usage, something not understood, an enigma; but in the Bible, something hitherto secret in the mind of God but now disclosed. In Dan. (as also in the Qumran scrolls) the secret is God s plan for a coming new age when the wicked… …

    Dictionary of the Bible