expectation vs miracle

expectation

noun
  • The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. 

  • The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen. 

  • The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment. 

  • The arithmetic mean. 

  • The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure. 

  • The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank. 

  • That which is expected or looked for. 

miracle

noun
  • A fortunate outcome that prevails despite overwhelming odds against it. 

  • An awesome and exceptional example of something 

  • An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin. 

verb
  • To affect by a miracle; to work a miracle upon. 

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