mystery (noun)
1mystery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great ▪ How the disease started is one of medicine s great mysteries. ▪ little, minor, small ▪ one of life s little mysteries …
2mystery story — noun a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie (Freq. 9) • Syn: ↑mystery, ↑whodunit • Hypernyms: ↑story • Hyponyms: ↑detective story, ↑mu …
3mystery — ► NOUN (pl. mysteries) 1) something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain. 2) secrecy or obscurity. 3) a novel, play, or film dealing with a puzzling crime. 4) (mysteries) the secret rites of an ancient or tribal religion. 5)… …
4mystery shopper — noun An undercover researcher who poses as a customer in order to evaluate shops, restaurants, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑mystery * * * ˌmystery ˈshopper 7 [mystery shopper mystery shopping] noun …
5mystery play — noun a medieval play representing episodes from the life of Christ • Hypernyms: ↑play, ↑drama, ↑dramatic play * * * noun, pl ⋯ plays [count] : a religious play in the Middle Ages based on a story from the Bible (such as the creation of the world… …
6mystery tour — noun An excursion to a destination which remains secret until the journey s end • • • Main Entry: ↑mystery * * * mystery tour UK US noun [countable] [singular mystery tour plural …
7Mystery Fun House (video game) — Mystery Fun House Developer(s) Adventure International Publisher(s) Adventure International Designer(s) Scott Adams …
8mystery ship — noun or mystery boat : q boat first used of one of a class of ships built in England during World War I * * * mystery ship noun A Q boat • • • Main Entry: ↑mystery …
9mystery shopper — ➔ shopper * * * mystery shopper UK US noun [C] (also secret shopper) COMMERCE ► someone employed by a company to check how its products or services are being sold by pretending to be a normal customer: »Most supermarkets want mystery shoppers to… …
10mystery — noun 1) his death remains a mystery Syn: puzzle, enigma, conundrum, riddle, secret, problem, unsolved problem See note at riddle 2) her past is shrouded in mystery Syn …
