ma•gic n [U] 1 a secret power used to control events or do impossible things, by saying special words or performing specials actions: Do you believe in magic? | work/do magic tales of wizards who could work magic - see also BLACK MAGIC, WHITE MAGIC 2 a special, attractive or exiting quality: These old stories still retain their magic. 3 the skill of doing tricks that look like magic, used by a MAGICIAN, or the tricks a magician does 4 like magic/as if by magic in a surprising way that seems impossible to explain: The bottle had dissappeared as if by magic. | work like magic (=be very effective) |