noun (plural mysteries)
1 [C] something that is difficult to understand or to explain:
It is one of the great unsolved mysteries of this century. * Their motives remain a mystery. * It's a complete mystery to me why they chose him.
2 [C] (often used as an adjective) a person or a thing that is strange and interesting because you do not know much about them or it:
He's a bit of a mystery. * There was a mystery guest on the programme. * The band was financed by a mystery backer. * (BrE) a mystery tour (= when you do not know where you are going)
3 [U] the quality of being difficult to understand or to explain, especially when this makes sb/sth seem interesting and exciting:
Mystery surrounds her disappearance. * His past is shrouded in mystery (= not much is known about it). * The dark glasses give her an air of mystery. * She's a woman of mystery.
4 [C] a story, a film/movie or a play in which crimes and strange events are only explained at the end:
I enjoy murder mysteries.
5 (mysteries) [pl.] secret religious ceremonies; secret knowledge: (figurative) the teacher who initiated me into the mysteries of mathematics
6 [C] a religious belief that cannot be explained or proved in a scientific way:
the mystery of creation
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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