mystery

Definition

Examples

The cause of the power failure is still a mystery to engineers.

Word Family

Synonyms

• enigmasomething that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
• puzzleto cause someone to feel confused because they cannot understand something
• secretsomething that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)

Collocations

• Easy mystery novel
  describing mystery novel (something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained)
• Medium employ mystery shoppers for store evaluation
  to employ mystery shoppers for store evaluation, meaning to put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
• Hard unravel the accounting mystery behind missing funds
  to unravel the accounting mystery behind missing funds, meaning to become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
• Very Hard shrouded in impenetrable bureaucratic mystery
  to shrouded in impenetrable bureaucratic mystery, meaning to cover as if with a shroud