"work wonders" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-work wonders.ogg [Australia] Forms: works wonders [present, singular, third-person], working wonders [participle, present], worked wonders [participle, past], worked wonders [past], wrought wonders [archaic, participle, past], wrought wonders [archaic, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=wrought wonders|past2_qual=archaic}} work wonders (third-person singular simple present works wonders, present participle working wonders, simple past and past participle worked wonders or (archaic) wrought wonders)
  1. (archaic, intransitive) To perform miracles or magic. Tags: archaic, intransitive Synonyms: work miracles, do wonders Related terms: work like a charm, go like a dream
    Sense id: en-work_wonders-en-verb-rhN7-tMu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of English predicates: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 64 36
  2. (idiomatic) (transitive with for or on) To be highly successful as a solution. Tags: idiomatic Translations (Translations): wonderen doen (Dutch), saada ihmeitä aikaan (Finnish), faire des miracles (French), faire des merveilles (French), Wunder wirken (German), Wunder tun (German), csodát tesz (Hungarian), csodát művel (Hungarian), ser mano de santo (Spanish), hacer maravillas (Spanish), hacer virguerías [colloquial] (Spanish), göra underverk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-work_wonders-en-verb-2uJ2u2ba Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 15 85

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