- marvel
- [[t]mɑ͟ː(r)v(ə)l[/t]]
marvels, marvelling, marvelled(in AM, use marveling, marveled)1) VERB If you marvel at something, you express your great surprise, wonder, or admiration.
[V at n] Her fellow members marveled at her seemingly infinite energy...
Sara and I read the story and marveled...
[V with quote] `That's the weirdest thing I've ever seen,' marveled Carl...
[V that] He marvelled that a man in such intense pain could be so coherent.
2) N-COUNT: oft N of n You can describe something or someone as a marvel to indicate that you think that they are wonderful.The whale, like the dolphin, has become a symbol of the marvels of creation...
A new technological marvel was invented at Cambridge University in England, the scanning electron microscope.
Syn:3) N-COUNT: usu pl Marvels are things that people have done, or that have happened, which are very unexpected or surprising.She almost died, but the hospital's skill achieved great marvels...
He's done marvels with the team...
It was a marvel that the floor never gave way.
Syn:wonders
English dictionary. 2008.
