Definitions for marvel
ˈmɑr vəlmar·vel

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. wonder, marvel(verb)

   something that causes feelings of wonder

   "the wonders of modern science"

2. wonder, marvel(verb)

   be amazed at

   "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities"

3. marvel(verb)

   express astonishment or surprise about something

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1. marvel(Noun)

   That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.

   Etymology: First attested from 1300, from marvail, from merveille, from Vulgar Latin *, from Latin mirabilia, from neuter plural of mirabilis, from mirari, from mirus.

2. marvel(Noun)

   Surprise, astonishment.

   Etymology: First attested from 1300, from marvail, from merveille, from Vulgar Latin *, from Latin mirabilia, from neuter plural of mirabilis, from mirari, from mirus.

3. marvel(Verb)

   To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.

   Etymology: First attested from 1300, from marvail, from merveille, from Vulgar Latin *, from Latin mirabilia, from neuter plural of mirabilis, from mirari, from mirus.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Marvel(noun)

   that which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle

   Etymology: [OE. merveilen, OF. merveillier.]

2. Marvel(noun)

   wonder

   Etymology: [OE. merveilen, OF. merveillier.]

3. Marvel(verb)

   to be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder

   Etymology: [OE. merveilen, OF. merveillier.]

4. Marvel(verb)

   to marvel at

   Etymology: [OE. merveilen, OF. merveillier.]

5. Marvel(verb)

   to cause to marvel, or be surprised; -- used impersonally

   Etymology: [OE. merveilen, OF. merveillier.]

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1. Marvel

   Marvel is an unincorporated town and a U.S. Post Office located in La Plata County, Colorado, United States, on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. While the town lies within the Reservation on most maps, the land within and around the town is owned by private landowners and the actual reservation only starts several miles to the South and East of Marvel. The area was homesteaded in the late-1800s and early-1900s with ranching, farming, and oil extraction being the main economic drivers in the region. The area around Marvel is very dry and the region becomes more and more arid as one travels towards the New Mexico border and further away from the La Plata mountains. The Marvel Post Office has the ZIP Code 81329.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Marvel

   mär′vel, n. a wonder: anything astonishing or wonderful: astonishment.—v.i. to wonder: to feel astonishment:—pr.p. mar′velling; pa.t. and pa.p. mar′velled.—adj. Mar′vellous, astonishing: almost or altogether beyond belief: improbable.—adv. Mar′vellously.—n. Mar′vellousness. [Fr. merveille—L. mirabilis, wonderful—mirāri, to wonder.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of marvel in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of marvel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of marvel in a Sentence

1. Elie Wiesel:

   I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.

2. Jeb Bush:

   I like watching the movies. I wish I owned Marvel, as someone that believes in capitalism, i don't know, I'm kinda old school.

3. Esner Cole:

   This dog diagnosed the cancer before the doctors did, and it’s just something to marvel at.

4. Vernon Schutz:

   A resurrection waits in the future of all people, whether saved or lost, kingdom saints or the Body of Christ. 'Marvel not at this for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and come forth they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation' (Jn. 528, 29).

5. Kenneth Patton:

   The day I see a leaf is a marvel of a day.

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