magic
♦ mag|ic /m'ædʒɪk/
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
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 magic...
Older legends say that Merlin raised the stones by magic.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
You can use magic 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 magic or like magic.
All this was supposed to work magic...
The picture will now appear, as if by magic!
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
You use magic to describe something that does things, or appears to do things, by magic.
So it's a magic potion?
...the magic ingredient that helps to keep skin looking smooth.
4 [N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
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 magic tricks.
5 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp
If you refer to the magic 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 magic of a lost age...
[ADJ]
Magic is also an adjective.
Then came those magic moments in the rose-garden.
6 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with poss
If you refer to a person's magic, 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 magic.
7 [ADJ] the ADJ n
You can use expressions such as the magic number and the magic 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 magic number of 270 electoral votes on Election Day.
8 [ADJ] ADJ n, with neg
Magic is used in expressions such as there is no magic formula and there is no magic solution to say that someone will have to make an effort to solve a problem, because it will not solve itself.
There is no magic formula for producing winning products...
9 [ADJ]
If you say that something is magic, you think it is very good or enjoyable. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL)
It was magic-one of the best days of my life.
= brilliantmag|ic bul|let (magic bullets)
1 [N-COUNT]
In medicine, a magic bullet is a drug or treatment that can cure a disease quickly and completely.
2 [N-COUNT]
A magic bullet is an easy solution to a difficult problem. (INFORMAL)
A lot of people are looking for some sort of magic bullet that will solve this problem.mag|ic car|pet (magic carpets)
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In stories, a magic carpet is a special carpet that can carry people through the air.mag|ic mush|room (magic mushrooms)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Magic mushrooms are a type of mushroom which contain a drug and may make the person who eats them believe they are seeing things which are not real.mag|ic re|al|ism
also magical realism
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Magic realism is a style of writing or painting which sometimes describes dreams as though they were real, and real events as though they were dreams.mag|ic wand (magic wands)
1 [N-COUNT]
A magic wand or a wand is a long thin rod that magicians and fairies wave when they are performing tricks and magic.
= wand
2 [N-COUNT] usu with brd-neg
You use magic wand, especially in the expression there is no magic wand, to indicate that someone is dealing with a difficult problem which cannot be solved quickly and easily.
There is no magic wand to secure a just peace...
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
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 magic...
Older legends say that Merlin raised the stones by magic.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
You can use magic 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 magic or like magic.
All this was supposed to work magic...
The picture will now appear, as if by magic!
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
You use magic to describe something that does things, or appears to do things, by magic.
So it's a magic potion?
...the magic ingredient that helps to keep skin looking smooth.
4 [N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
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 magic tricks.
5 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp
If you refer to the magic 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 magic of a lost age...
[ADJ]
Magic is also an adjective.
Then came those magic moments in the rose-garden.
6 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with poss
If you refer to a person's magic, 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 magic.
7 [ADJ] the ADJ n
You can use expressions such as the magic number and the magic 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 magic number of 270 electoral votes on Election Day.
8 [ADJ] ADJ n, with neg
Magic is used in expressions such as there is no magic formula and there is no magic solution to say that someone will have to make an effort to solve a problem, because it will not solve itself.
There is no magic formula for producing winning products...
9 [ADJ]
If you say that something is magic, you think it is very good or enjoyable. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL)
It was magic-one of the best days of my life.
= brilliantmag|ic bul|let (magic bullets)
1 [N-COUNT]
In medicine, a magic bullet is a drug or treatment that can cure a disease quickly and completely.
2 [N-COUNT]
A magic bullet is an easy solution to a difficult problem. (INFORMAL)
A lot of people are looking for some sort of magic bullet that will solve this problem.mag|ic car|pet (magic carpets)
[N-COUNT]
In stories, a magic carpet is a special carpet that can carry people through the air.mag|ic mush|room (magic mushrooms)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Magic mushrooms are a type of mushroom which contain a drug and may make the person who eats them believe they are seeing things which are not real.mag|ic re|al|ism
also magical realism
[N-UNCOUNT]
Magic realism is a style of writing or painting which sometimes describes dreams as though they were real, and real events as though they were dreams.mag|ic wand (magic wands)
1 [N-COUNT]
A magic wand or a wand is a long thin rod that magicians and fairies wave when they are performing tricks and magic.
= wand
2 [N-COUNT] usu with brd-neg
You use magic wand, especially in the expression there is no magic wand, to indicate that someone is dealing with a difficult problem which cannot be solved quickly and easily.
There is no magic wand to secure a just peace...