Use of word magic

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When the postseason rolls around, perhaps Mr. October’s magic rubs off on those in the home dugout of Minute Maid Park.


Michael Shapiro, Chron, 24 Mar. 2023





Nowell immediately found some Manhattan magic, picking up a loose ball and flinging up a shot that banked in for a 3-pointer and delivering a perfect pass to Carter for a layup.


Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2023





Relive the magic and check out all of Samsung Galaxy’s many activations in the photo set below.


Mike Sheffield, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2023





Egg hunt by age group, petting zoo, family-friendly DJ, magic show, face painting and visit from Easter Bunny.


Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 24 Mar. 2023





Lately that magic has been there for the outset, far less of Butler pacing himself toward his typical take-charge finishes.


Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023





Taylor Swift Eras Tour:5 magic moments at State Farm Stadium that Arizonans saw first Taylor Swift Eras Tour opening acts Glendale was the only city on the Eras Tour to see Paramore as Taylor Swift’s direct support.


Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2023





The lead would not hold up, Gonzaga finding more March magic.


Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023





The magic of it is everyone’s performances and the timing—everyone’s hitting their marks exactly.


Town & Country, 17 Mar. 2023




Image: Framework The Framework Laptop 16’s magic butt isn’t the only trick up its sleeves.


Sean Hollister, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2023





Activities include a magic show, crafts, balloon art, face painting, photos with the Easter Bunny and train rides around the outdoor shopping center.


Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023





Teddy is the genius who puts Daisy and Billy together on a hunch that the two will create magic onstage.


Dana Feldman, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023





My most favorite magic trick in the presence of shame, vulnerability and discomfort is to disappear myself, entirely.


Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023





Advertisement Copperfield rallied the magic community to honor her.


Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023





The magic pioneer was set to be honored by the University of Las Vegas College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame on Tuesday, which will reportedly still go as planned with Copperfield inducting her, which was the plan from the start before Dea’s passing.


Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2023





His 24 points were his second-highest figure of the season behind only that magic night in San Francisco.


Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Mar. 2023





Researchers at Coventry University in England discovered that the magic performance-enhancing ratio appears to be 6 milligrams of caffeine for every 2.2 pounds of body weight.


Chris Gayomali, The Week, 17 Mar. 2023




And there’s hardly a deer hunter alive who doesn’t dream of taking a buck that eclipses that magic 200 number.


Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023





Vega connects that magic to the trappings of digital culture, which has led to, among other things, El Salvador adopting Bitcoin as national currency, despite many of its citizens not owning smartphones.


Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2022





Naturally, then, speculation about the film’s reshoots has led to rumors that a few Lokis might magic their way into Doctor Strange and Wanda’s orbit.


Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 5 May 2022





Still, Richardson Jackson clearly knows how to direct actors and pulls magic out of her cast, creating a production worthy of August Wilson’s legacy.


Dave Quinn, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2022





Buckley had a vast tonal range from which to choose in his musical palette, from deep trauma to horror to otherworldly magic.


Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 July 2022





The auction house, through glossy catalogs and (increasingly) online offerings, can magic up artistic legitimacy that once only museums or scholars could assign.


New York Times, 23 May 2022





The book opens the door to magic and brings readers inside its world by revealing the artistry, inside history, and fascinating traditions of a subject long shrouded in mystery.


cleveland, 18 Mar. 2022





Like most restaurants, high-end sushi counters survived the earliest part of the pandemic by cutting all that magic away and focusing on takeout.


New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022



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magic — перевод на русский

/ˈmæʤɪk/

You couldn’t have been more than 3 when I told you that tree was a magic mailbox.

Кажется, тебе было чуть больше трех, когда я сказал, что дерево — это волшебный почтовый ящик.

Paine, magic lantern show.

Пейн, включайте волшебный фонарь.

It is a magic horse, o ruler of the world.

— О, Властелин Вселенной, этот конь — волшебный!

And the Caliph said he would spare him if he would sniff the magic powder and change himself into a stork.

А Калиф сказал, что пощадит его если он вдохнёт волшебный порошок и превратит себя в аиста

See? A magic puppy.

Смотрите, волшебный щенок.

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Some more magic…

Опять магия…

— White Magic»

— Белая магия»

A kind of magic or whatever it was.

Какая-то магия…

Wherever there’s magic and make—believe and an audience, there’s theatre.

Где есть магия, обман и зрители, там и театр.

There’s a magic in water that draws all men away from the land… Leads them over the hills down creeks, and streams, and rivers to the sea.

Магия вод отвлекает нас от земли, заставляет спускаться с гор, двигаться по рекам в сторону моря.

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That magic stuff you do really cracks me up.

Твоё волшебство меня реально поражает.

T ropical magic

Тропиков волшебство,

Tropical magic

Tropical magic Тропиков волшебство,

Tropical magic

Тропиков волшебство,

There’s kind of a sleeping beauty magic about the kid.

Есть, отчасти, какое-то волшебство спящей красоты в ребёнке.

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This is the same genuine, magic, authentic crystal used by the priests of Isis and Osiris in the days of the Pharaohs in which Cleopatra saw the approach of Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony. And so on, and so on.

Все тот же удивительный, магический, настоящий кристалл, который был еще у Осириса во времена фараонов в Египте, сквозь который Клеопатра увидела приближение Цезаря и Марка Антония и так далее и тому подобное.

And now… I’ll show you our little Magic Theatre.

Ну, а теперь я покажу вам наш маленький магический театр.

-A magic talisman?

Магический талисман?

«This is a magic ticket.»

«Это магический билет.»

This ticket is magic.

Билет магический.

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-This mysterious magic trick doesn’t seem to work.

— Таинственный фокус… не желает срабатывать?

See, the magic trick did work!

Вы видите, фокус удался!

I’ll show you an incredible magic trick.

Я покажу тебе удивительный фокус.

You’ll like Dad’s magic trick, Kiichan.

Тебе понравится папин фокус, Ки-тян.

Is it some sort of magic trick?

Как вы это проделали? Это какой-то фокус?

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I was sore as hell at Toni, and then suddenly it was like magic.

Я был дьявольски зол на Тони, а потом произошло чудо.

This is Chinese magic from the 12th century.

Вот это китайское чудо пришло к нам из 12-го века.

Then one day, they put Gary out on the street and they say, «Here, today is magic.

Потом в один прекрасный день они выкидывают Гари на улицу и говорят «О чудо! Ты сегодня стал капиталистом!»

Like a bird feels the first time it flies I feel magic

Я как птица, что взлетела в первый раз Я слышу чудо

a magic fishes, fishes

Чудо! Рыбки, рыбки!

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Then she broke the stick. And the witch’s magic broke, too. And the witch broke into tiny pieces.

Гретель сломала посох, и колдовство ведьмы разрушилось, а сама она рассыпалась на мелкие кусочки

His magic is false.

Его колдовство -— обман.

Oh, she should never have meddled with a real harpy, or a real unicorn for that matter, because the truth melts her magic, always.

Лучше бы она не связывалась с настоящей гарпией и с настоящим единорогом, ведь всё настоящее ослабляет её колдовство.

Hyah! Taste of my magic, Kang.

Испробуй теперь моё колдовство, Кэнг.

Oh, it’s fairy magic.

Это колдовство феи!

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Disappear. Like magic.

Исчезну, словно волшебник.

Yeah. Aye, you’re magic with a machine, boy.

— Ты в технике просто волшебник.

Work your magic.

Ты же специалист Волшебник в этом деле

— Cos you’re the magic man, Lenny. You make dreams happen.

— Ты же волшебник, который осуществляет мечты.

You can do magic.

Вы волшебник.

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This is dedicated to the late, great Magic Sam.

В качестве извинения за наше опоздание, великий Мэджик Сэм.

Magic Johnson.

Мэджик Джонсон.

Magic, Eddie, Prince are not niggers.

Мэджик, Эдди, Принц не нигеры.

Thanks, Magic.

Спасибо, Мэджик.

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Oh, God! Is he into black magic of some sort?

О боже, он что, черный маг или кто?

Hey, Black Magic?

Эй, Черный Маг!

Well, come on, Magic.

Ну, давай, Маг.

Is that you, Magic?

Это ты, Маг?

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    magic

    MAGIC, MAGICAL

    Прилагательное magic (значительно реже magical) употребляется в буквальном значении ‘чудодейственный, действующий колдовством, волшебством’: magic words, magic touch, magic arts, magical results. Magical встречается главным образом в метафорическом значении ‘чарующий, пленительный, неотразимый’: Shakespeare’s magical sonnets, magical talent, magical voice, magical rhymes.

    Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > magic

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    magic

    magic [ˊmædʒɪk]

    1) ма́гия, волшебство́

    2) очарова́ние

    2.

    a

    волше́бный, маги́ческий

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > magic

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    magic

    Персональный Сократ > magic

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    magic T

    English-Russian scientific dictionary > magic T

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    magic

    1. n магия, волшебство; колдовство

    2. n работа фокусника, иллюзиониста; «оригинальный жанр»

    3. n очарование

    4. a волшебный, магический

    5. a очаровательный, волшебный

    Синонимический ряд:

    1. enchanted (adj.) enchanted; mystic; supernatural

    2. magian (adj.) magian; magical; necromantic; sorcerous; thaumaturgic; witchy; wizardly

    3. witching (adj.) bewitching; witching

    4. bewitchment (noun) alchemy; bewitchment; conjuration; conjuring; conjury; divination; enchantment; ensorcellment; legerdemain; magicking; necromancy; occultism; prestidigitation; sorcery; sortilege; thaumaturgy; voodoo; witchcraft; witchery; witching; wizardry

    Антонимический ряд:

    English-Russian base dictionary > magic

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    magic

    1. [ʹmædʒık]

    1. магия, волшебство; колдовство

    black magic — чёрная магия, чернокнижие

    as if by magic — словно /как/ по волшебству

    2. работа фокусника, иллюзиониста; «оригинальный жанр» ()

    3. очарование

    the magic of poetry — волшебная /чарующая/ сила поэзии

    the magic of the moment — чудесный миг, очарование этой минуты

    4. = magic eye

    2. [ʹmædʒık]

    1. волшебный, магический

    to say the magic word — произнести заклинание /магические слова/

    2. очаровательный, волшебный

    НБАРС > magic

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    magic

    ˈmædʒɪk
    1. сущ.
    1) волшебство, магия to perform magic ≈ показывать фокусы black magic ≈ черная магия by magic ≈ по волшебству the medicine worked as if by magic ≈ лекарство оказало волшебный эффект Syn: witchery, sorcery
    2) очарование Syn: charm, fascination
    2. прил.;
    = magical
    2.
    магия, волшебство;
    колдовство — black * черная магия;
    чернокнижие — white * белая магия — as if by * словно /как/ по волшебству работа фокусника, иллюзиониста;
    «оригинальный жанр» (в цирке, на эстраде) очарование — the * of poetry волшебная /чарующая/ сила поэзии — the * of the moment чудесный миг, очарование этой минуты (радиотехника) «магический глаз», индикатор настройки волшебный, магический — to say the * word произнести заклинание /магические слова/ очаровательный, волшебный — * beauty чарующая красота
    magic волшебный, магический ~ магия, волшебство ~ очарование magical: magical = magic

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > magic

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    magic

    1. магия, волшебство; колдовство; вера в возможность влияния на сверхъестественные силы;

    2. работа фокусника;

    3. очарование.

    * * *

    сущ.

    1) магия, волшебство; колдовство; вера в возможность влияния на сверхъестественные силы;

    2) работа фокусника;

    3) очарование.

    Англо-русский словарь по социологии > magic

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    magic

    магия
    имя существительное:

    имя прилагательное:

    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > magic

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    magic

    English-Russian big medical dictionary > magic

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    magic

    [‘mæʤɪk]
    1.

    сущ.

    1) волшебство, магия

    The medicine worked as if by magic. — Лекарство оказало волшебный эффект.

    Syn:

    Syn:

    2.

    Англо-русский современный словарь > magic

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    magic

    [ˈmædʒɪk]

    magic волшебный, магический magic магия, волшебство magic очарование magical: magical = magic

    English-Russian short dictionary > magic

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    magic

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > magic

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    magic

    Англо-русский технический словарь > magic

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    MAGIC

    1) [machine-aided graphics for illustration and composition] графический редактор MAGIC для операционной системы UNIX

    2) [marketing and advertising general information center] Главный информационный центр по-маркетингу и-рекламе, организация MAGIC

    English-Russian electronics dictionary > MAGIC

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    MAGIC

    1)

    machine-aided graphics for illustration and composition графический редактор MAGIC для операционной системы UNIX

    2)

    marketing and advertising general information center Главный информационный центр по маркетингу и рекламе, организация MAGIC

    The New English-Russian Dictionary of Radio-electronics > MAGIC

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    magic

    English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > magic

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    magic T

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > magic T

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    magic t

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > magic t

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    magic

    English-Russian electronics dictionary > magic

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mag·ic

 (măj′ĭk)

n.

1.

a. The art or practice of using charms, spells, or rituals to attempt to produce supernatural effects or control events in nature.

b. The charms, spells, and rituals so used.

2. The exercise of sleight of hand or conjuring, as in making something seem to disappear, for entertainment.

3. A mysterious quality of enchantment: «For me the names of those men breathed the magic of the past» (Max Beerbohm).

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or invoking the supernatural: «stubborn unlaid ghost / That breaks his magic chains at curfew time» (John Milton).

2. Possessing distinctive qualities that produce unaccountable or baffling effects.

tr.v. mag·icked, mag·ick·ing, mag·ics

1. To produce, alter, or cause by or as if by magic: «Intelligent warm-hearted Gertrude had magicked him into happiness» (Iris Murdoch).

2. To cause to disappear by or as if by magic. Used with away: His shoes had been magicked away in the night.


[Middle English magik, from Old French magique, from Late Latin magica, from Latin magicē, from Greek magikē, from feminine of magikos, of the Magi, magical, from magos, magician, magus; see magus.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

magic

(ˈmædʒɪk)

n

1. the art that, by use of spells, supposedly invokes supernatural powers to influence events; sorcery

2. the practice of this art

3. the practice of illusory tricks to entertain other people; conjuring

4. any mysterious or extraordinary quality or power: the magic of springtime.

5. like magic very quickly

adj

6. of or relating to magic: a magic spell.

7. possessing or considered to possess mysterious powers: a magic wand.

8. unaccountably enchanting: magic beauty.

9. informal wonderful; marvellous; exciting

vb (tr) , -ics, -icking or -icked

10. to transform or produce by or as if by magic

11. (foll by away) to cause to disappear by or as if by magic

[C14: via Old French magique, from Greek magikē witchcraft, from magos magus]

ˈmagical adj

ˈmagically adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mag•ic

(ˈmædʒ ɪk)

n.

1. the art of producing illusions, as by sleight of hand.

2. the practice of using various techniques, as incantation, to exert control over the supernatural or the forces of nature.

3. a result of such practice.

4. power or influence exerted through this practice.

5. any extraordinary influence or power: the magic of fame.

adj.

6. done by or employed in magic: a magic trick.

7. mysteriously enchanting, skillful, or effective.

[1350–1400; < Late Latin magica, Latin magicē < Greek magikḗ, feminine of magikós. See Magus, -ic]

Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

magic

  • aeaeae — Meaning «magic,» it is derived from aealae artes, «magic arts.»
  • elicit — Comes from a Latin stem meaning «draw forth by magic or trickery.»
  • glamour — First meant «magic, enchantment» or «art of contriving magic spells.»
  • magic — Named for the magi, who were regarded as magicians.

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

Magic

a reliance upon incantations or charms, often inscribed upon amulets, to ward off calamity. — abracadabra, n.

the acting out of magic rites or the recital of incantatory formulas to ward off evil. — apotropaic, adj.

Obsolete. forms of magic that require the invocation or assistance of demons.

a conjurer or magician who creates illusions, as by sleight of hand.

an African variety of magical fetishism characterized by the wearing of an exotic amulet called a juju. — jujuist, n.

skill in or practice of feats of dexterity that create a magical illusion. — legerdemainist, n.

1. change in form, structure, appearance, etc.
2. magical transformation. — metamorphic, metamorphous, adj.

1. a kind of sorcery practiced by the black people of Africa, the West Indies, and elsewhere. Also called obi, obism.
2. the wearing of an obeah, a fetish or charm. Also called obi.

the belief among American Indians that a ceremony characterized by magic, feasting, and dancing can cure disease, ensure the success of a hunt or battle, etc. — powwow, n.

the art of legerdemain; sleight of hand. — prestidigitator, n. — prestidigitatorial, prestidigitatory, adj.

a condition of being exceptional or bizarre, beyond the realm of the ordinary course of nature. — preternatural, adj.

the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery. — sorcerer, n. — sorcerous, adj.

a form of divination involving drawing lots.

1. the condition or quality of existing outside the known experience of man or caused by forces beyond those of nature.
2. belief in supernatural events or forces. Also supranaturalism. — supernaturalist, n., adj. — supernatural, supernaturalistic, adj.

supematuralism. — supranaturalist, n., adj. — supranatural, supranaturalistic, adj.

the belief that a part of a person or object can act in place of the whole and thus that anything done to the part will equally affect the whole.

the quality of being able to perform magie. — thaumaturgist, n. — thaumaturgic, adj. — thaumaturgy, n.

a magician who persuades or compels a supernatural being to do or refrain from doing something. — theurgy, n. — theurgic, theurgical, adj.

1. the religious rites or practices, including magie or sorcery, of certain West Indian black people.
2. the practice of sorcery. — voodooist, n.

Archaic. sorcery; the craft or practice of a warlock.

witchcraft or sorcery.

the art or practice of a wizard; sorcery; magic. — wizard, n., adj.

Middle East. 1. the practice of atheism.
2. the practice of heretical magie, especially with fire. — Zendic, Zendik, n. — Zendaic, adj.

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Magic

 

abracadabra A magical incantation or conjuration; any meaningless magical formula; nonsense, gibberish. Although the precise origin of this ancient rune is not known, it is said to be made up from the initials of the Hebrew words ab ’father,’ ben ‘son,’ and Ruach Acadosch ‘Holy Spirit.’ Formerly believed to have magical healing powers, the word was written in triangular form on parchment and hung from the neck by a linen thread as a charm against disease and adversity. By extension, abracadabra is also commonly used to mean nonsense, jargon, and gibberish, as in:

Leave him … to retaliate the nonsense of blasphemy with the abracadabra of presumption. (Coleridge, Aids to Reflection, 1824)

hocus-pocus A conjurer’s incantation, a magic formula or charm; sleight of hand, legerdemain; trickery, deception; mumbo jumbo, gobbledegook, nonsense. The original 17th-century meaning of the term, now obsolete, was ‘a juggler, a conjurer.’ According to the OED, this use of the term was apparently an eponymic extension of a certain magician’s assumed name. The name itself is thought to have derived from the mock Latin incantation which he used: ‘Hocus pocus, tontus talontus, vade céleri ter jubeo.’ It has also been theorized that hocus-pocus was a corruption of the Latin words hoc est corpus ‘here is the body,’ uttered by priests at the consecration of the mass. Magicians and conjurers picked up the sounds in mocking imitation.

These insurgent legions … which, by the sudden hocus pocus of political affairs, are transformed into loyal soldiers. (Washington Irving, Life and Letters, 1843)

magic carpet A means of transportation that defies conventional limitations such as gravity, space, or time; a means of reaching any imaginable place. Stories tell of legendary characters who owned magic silk carpets that could be ordered to take a rider wherever he wanted to go. Today the phrase is used figuratively to describe something which has a magical “transporting” effect, such as drugs, or as in the following quotation, a good book.

His Magic Carpet is a book of travels, by means of which he is transported into lands that he is fated never to see. (Times Literary Supplement, August 20, 1931)

open sesame See SOLUTION.

Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1980 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

magic

magical

1. ‘magic’ used as a noun

Magic is a special power that occurs in children’s stories and that some people believe exists. It can make apparently impossible things happen.

Janoo-Bai was suspected of practising magic.

2. ‘magic’ used as an adjective

You use magic in front of a noun to indicate that an object or utterance does things or appears to do things by magic.

…a magic potion.

…the magic password.

3. ‘magical’

Magical can be used with a similar meaning.

magical garments.

…a magical car.

You also use magical to say that something involves magic or is produced by magic.

…medieval magical practices.

…a little boy who has magical powers.

4. another meaning

Magic and magical can also be used to say that something is wonderful and exciting.

…a truly magic moment.

The journey had lost its magical quality.

Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012

magic

Past participle: magicked
Gerund: magicking

Imperative
magic
magic
Present
I magic
you magic
he/she/it magics
we magic
you magic
they magic
Preterite
I magicked
you magicked
he/she/it magicked
we magicked
you magicked
they magicked
Present Continuous
I am magicking
you are magicking
he/she/it is magicking
we are magicking
you are magicking
they are magicking
Present Perfect
I have magicked
you have magicked
he/she/it has magicked
we have magicked
you have magicked
they have magicked
Past Continuous
I was magicking
you were magicking
he/she/it was magicking
we were magicking
you were magicking
they were magicking
Past Perfect
I had magicked
you had magicked
he/she/it had magicked
we had magicked
you had magicked
they had magicked
Future
I will magic
you will magic
he/she/it will magic
we will magic
you will magic
they will magic
Future Perfect
I will have magicked
you will have magicked
he/she/it will have magicked
we will have magicked
you will have magicked
they will have magicked
Future Continuous
I will be magicking
you will be magicking
he/she/it will be magicking
we will be magicking
you will be magicking
they will be magicking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been magicking
you have been magicking
he/she/it has been magicking
we have been magicking
you have been magicking
they have been magicking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been magicking
you will have been magicking
he/she/it will have been magicking
we will have been magicking
you will have been magicking
they will have been magicking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been magicking
you had been magicking
he/she/it had been magicking
we had been magicking
you had been magicking
they had been magicking
Conditional
I would magic
you would magic
he/she/it would magic
we would magic
you would magic
they would magic
Past Conditional
I would have magicked
you would have magicked
he/she/it would have magicked
we would have magicked
you would have magicked
they would have magicked

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

магия, волшебство, очарование, магический, волшебный, феерический

существительное

- магия, волшебство; колдовство

black magic — чёрная магия, чернокнижие
white magic — белая магия
as if by magic — словно /как/ по волшебству

- работа фокусника, иллюзиониста; «оригинальный жанр» (в цирке, на эстраде)
- очарование

the magic of poetry — волшебная /чарующая/ сила поэзии
the magic of the moment — чудесный миг, очарование этой минуты

прилагательное

- волшебный, магический

to say the magic word — произнести заклинание /магические слова/

- очаровательный, волшебный

magic beauty — чарующая красота

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

a book that explains how to do magic — книга, которая объясняет, как делать фокусы  
the alluring magic of Hong Kong — манящее очарование Гонконга  
by magic — по волшебству  
magic cube — магический куб  
magic nuclei — магические ядра  
magic nucleus — ядро с магическим числом протонов или нейтронов; ядро магическое  
magic-number nucleus — магическое ядро  
magic numbers — магические числа  
magic polarization — магическая поляризация  
magic set — магическое множество  
magic sponge — лечебная губка  
magic squares — магические квадраты  

Примеры с переводом

Do you believe in magic?

Вы верите в волшебство?

The medicine worked as if by magic.

Лекарство оказало волшебный эффект.

It was a kind of magic.

Это было своего рода волшебство.

She’s got a magic touch with babies.

Она волшебным образом умеет ладить с маленькими детьми. / У неё настоящий дар в том, что касается обращения с младенцами.

I can’t wave a magic wand and change what happened.

Я не могу изменить то, что произошло, взмахом волшебной палочки.

There is no magic solution to these problems.

Какого-то волшебного решения этих проблем не существует.

The magician waved his magic wand.

Волшебник /фокусник/ взмахнул волшебной палочкой.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Paris has lost some of its magic for me over the years.

Both pitchers, though they are older, haven’t lost their magic.

He has amazed audiences around the world with his magic tricks.

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Возможные однокоренные слова

magical  — магический, волшебный, феерический
magician  — маг, волшебник, фокусник, чародей, заклинатель

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: magic
he/she/it: magics
ing ф. (present participle): magicking
2-я ф. (past tense): magicked
3-я ф. (past participle): magicked

use of supernatural rituals, forces etc.

  • Afrikaans: toorkuns, toordery
  • Albanian: magji (sq) f
  • Arabic: سِحْر (ar) m (siḥr)
    Egyptian Arabic: سحر(siḥr)
  • Armenian: մոգություն (hy) (mogutʿyun), կախարդություն (hy) (kaxardutʿyun)
  • Assamese: যাদু (zadu), ভেলেকী (bheleki)
  • Azerbaijani: sehr (az), sehrbazlıq
  • Baluchi: جاتو(játú), جادو(jádú), سحر(sihr, sahr)
  • Bashkir: (black) сихыр (sixır), сихырсылыҡ (sixırsılıq); (white) тылсым (tılsım)
  • Basque: magia (eu)
  • Belarusian: ма́гія f (máhija), чараўні́цтва n (čaraŭníctva)
  • Bengali: জাদু (bn) (jadu)
  • Breton: hud m
  • Bulgarian: ма́гия (bg) f (mágija), вълшебство́ (bg) n (vǎlšebstvó), магьо́сничество n (magjósničestvo)
  • Burmese: မျက်လှည့် (my) (myakhlany.), ပဉ္စလက် (my) (panyca.lak)
  • Catalan: màgia (ca) f
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 魔法 (mo1 faat3)
    Mandarin: 魔法 (zh) (mófǎ)
    Min Nan: 魔法 (zh-min-nan) (mô͘-hoat)
  • Cornish: hus m, pystri m
  • Czech: kouzla n, magie (cs) f, čarování n
  • Danish: magi (da)
  • Dutch: toverij (nl), toverkracht (nl), toverkunst (nl) f, magie (nl) f
  • Egyptian: (ḥkꜣ m)
  • Estonian: maagia (et), nõiakunst, nõidus (et), võlu
  • Finnish: taikuus (fi), taika (fi), magia (fi)
  • French: magie (fr) f
  • Gagauz: büü
  • Galician: maxia f
  • Georgian: მაგია (magia), ჯადოქრობა (ǯadokroba), გრძნეულება (grʒneuleba), მისნობა (misnoba)
  • German: Zauberei (de) f, Zauber (de) m, Magie (de) f, Hexerei (de) f
  • Greek: μαγεία (el) f (mageía)
    Ancient: μαγεία f (mageía)
  • Hebrew: כִּשּׁוּף / כישוף (he) (kishúf), קֶסֶם (he) m (kesem)
  • Hindi: जादू (hi) m (jādū)
  • Hungarian: varázslat (hu), varázs (hu)
  • Icelandic: töfrar (is) m pl
  • Ido: magio (io)
  • Indonesian: sihir (id), magi (id)
  • Irish: draíocht f
  • Italian: magia (it) f
  • Japanese: 魔術 (ja) (まじゅつ, majutsu), 魔法 (ja) (まほう, mahō), マジック (ja) (majikku)
  • Kalmyk: ав (av)
  • Kazakh: сиқыр (kk) (siqyr), сиқыршылық (siqyrşylyq)
  • Khmer: វេទមន្ត (veit mŭən)
  • Korean: 마술(魔術) (ko) (masul), 마법(魔法) (ko) (mabeop), 요술(妖術) (ko) (yosul)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: جادوو (ckb) (cadû), سیحر (ckb) (sîḧir)
    Northern Kurdish: efsûnî (ku) f, sêr (ku) f
  • Kyrgyz: сыйкыр (ky) (sıykır), магия (magiya)
  • Lao: ເວດມົນ (wēt mon)
  • Latin: magia (la) f, magice f, veneficium, artes magicae, artes magae, carmen (la) n
  • Latvian: maģija (lv) f
  • Lithuanian: magija (lt) f
  • Luxembourgish: Magie f
  • Macedonian: ма́гија f (mágija), во́лшепство n (vólšepstvo), вра́жба f (vrážba)
  • Malay: sihir (ms)
  • Malayalam: മന്ത്രവാദം (mantravādaṃ), മാന്ത്രികം (māntrikaṃ)
  • Manx: druaightys, drualtys, obbeeys f, pishagys f
  • Middle English: magik
  • Mongolian:
    Cyrillic: ид шид (id šid)
  • Navajo: álííl
  • Norman: magie f (Jersey)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: magi m
    Nynorsk: magi m
  • Occitan: magia (oc) f
  • Oromo: tolcha
  • Pashto: جادو (ps) m (ǰādú), سحر (ps) m (sehr)
  • Persian: جادو (fa) (jâdu), سحر (fa) (sehr)
  • Plautdietsch: Zaubarie f, Teewa f, Hakjsenkonst f
  • Polish: magia (pl) f, czary (pl)
  • Portuguese: magia (pt) f, mágica (pt) f (Brazil)
  • Romanian: magie (ro)
  • Russian: волшебство́ (ru) n (volšebstvó), ма́гия (ru) f (mágija), колдовство́ (ru) n (koldovstvó)
  • Scots: magic
  • Scottish Gaelic: draoidheachd f
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: чаро̀лија f, ма̀гија f, ма̀ђија f
    Roman: čaròlija (sh) f, màgija (sh) f, màđija (sh) f
  • Slovak: mágia f, kúzlo n
  • Slovene: čarovnija f, magija (sl) f
  • Sotho: boloi
  • Spanish: magia (es) f
  • Swahili: ndumba (sw)
  • Swedish: magi (sv), trolldom (sv) m
  • Tagalog: mahika, salamangka (sorcery), hikmat
  • Tajik: ҷоду (tg) (jodu), ҷодугарӣ (jodugarī), соҳирӣ (sohirī), соҳири (sohiri)
  • Tatar: сихер (tt) (sixer), тылсым (tt) (tılsım)
  • Telugu: మాయ (te) (māya)
  • Thai: เวทมนตร์ (th) (wêet-mon)
  • Tibetan: མཐུ (mthu)
  • Turkish: büyü (tr), sihir (tr), efsun (tr), yada (tr)
  • Turkmen: jady (tk)
  • Ukrainian: ма́гія f (máhija), чарівни́цтво n (čarivnýctvo), чаклу́нство n (čaklúnstvo)
  • Urdu: جادو‎ m (jādū)
  • Uyghur: سېھىرگەرلىك(sëhirgerlik)
  • Uzbek: magiya, sehrgarlik (uz), sehr (uz)
  • Vietnamese: ma thuật (vi), yêu thuật (vi), phép thuật (vi)
  • Volapük: magiv (vo)
  • Welsh: hud (cy) m
  • West Frisian: magy, tsjoend, tsjoenderij (fy)
  • Yiddish: כּישוף‎ m (kishef)
  • ǃXóõ: gǁxài

Other forms: magics

Magic describes those unlikely events that seem to have a supernatural force behind them. When the elevator doors open just as you approach, it may seem like magic.

If you believe in witches and sorcerers, you probably already know that they can use magic to make impossible things happen. Magic is often used more broadly to describe things that just seem to involve some greater power. The waiter may appear as if by magic just when you’re craving dessert. Magic can also describe seemingly impossible tricks performed by an entertainer — a magician — such as making a person disappear or pulling a coin out of thin air.

Definitions of magic

  1. noun

    any art that invokes supernatural powers

    synonyms:

    thaumaturgy

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    juju

    the power associated with a juju

    mojo

    a magic power or magic spell

    conjuration, conjuring, conjury, invocation

    calling up a spirit or devil

    black art, black magic, necromancy, sorcery

    the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world

    white magic

    magic used only for good purposes

    evocation, summoning

    calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

    theurgy

    white magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits (as formerly practiced by Neoplatonists)

    witchcraft, witchery

    the art of sorcery

    bewitchment, enchantment, enscorcellment, ensorcelment

    a magical spell

    Satanism, demonism, diabolism

    a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan)

    obiism

    belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies

    type of:

    supernaturalism

    a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding

  2. noun

    an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

  3. adjective

    possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

    magic signs that protect against adverse influence”

    synonyms:

    charming, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizard, wizardly

    supernatural

    not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material

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