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Mystery Noun Muamma  /ˈmɪstri   Plural Sır Countable Explain

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IPA  /ˈmɪstri   / noun (plural mysteries)
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mystery (noun)

 /ˈmɪstri   / noun (plural mysteries)
 
 1 [countable]
a thing that you cannot understand or explain
sır, muamma
 The cause of the accident is a complete mystery.
 It's a mystery to me what my daughter sees in her boyfriend.
 2 [uncountable]
the quality of being strange and secret and full of things that are difficult to explain
esrar, muamma
 novels full of mystery and suspense
 There's a lot of mystery surrounding this case.
 3 [countable]
a story, film or play in which crimes or strange events are only explained at the end
 (hikâye, film vb.) polisiye
 Agatha Christie was a prolific writer of (murder) mysteries.
 

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