Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Magic is the power to use supernatural forces to make impossible things happen, such as making people disappear or controlling events in nature.
They believe in ~...
Older legends say that Merlin raised the stones by ~.
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2.
You can use ~ when you are referring to an event that is so wonderful, strange, or unexpected that it seems as if supernatural powers have caused it. You can also say that something happens as if by ~ or like ~.
All this was supposed to work ~...
The picture will now appear, as if by ~!
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3.
You use ~ to describe something that does things, or appears to do things, by ~.
So it’s a ~ potion?
...the ~ ingredient that helps to keep skin looking smooth.
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
Magic is the art and skill of performing mysterious tricks to entertain people, for example by making things appear and disappear.
His secret hobby: performing ~ tricks.
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5.
If you refer to the ~ of something, you mean that it has a special mysterious quality which makes it seem wonderful and exciting to you and which makes you feel happy.
It infected them with some of the ~ of a lost age...
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Magic is also an adjective.
Then came those ~ moments in the rose-garden.
ADJ
6.
If you refer to a person’s ~, you mean a special talent or ability that they have, which you admire or consider very impressive.
The fighter believes he can still regain some of his old ~.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss
7.
You can use expressions such as the ~ number and the ~ word to indicate that a number or word is the one which is significant or desirable in a particular situation.
...their quest to gain the ~ number of 270 electoral votes on Election Day.
ADJ: the ADJ n
8.
Magic is used in expressions such as there is no ~ formula and there is no ~ solution to say that someone will have to make an effort to solve a problem, because it will not solve itself.
There is no ~ formula for producing winning products...
ADJ: ADJ n, with neg
9.
If you say that something is ~, you think it is very good or enjoyable. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL)
It was ~–one of the best days of my life.
= brilliant
ADJ approval