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Definitions for serendipity
ˌsɛr ənˈdɪp ɪ tiserendip·i·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. serendipitynoun

    good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

Wiktionary

  1. serendipitynoun

    An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident and sagacity.

  2. serendipitynoun

    A combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome.

  3. Etymology: . Coined by Horace Walpole, 1754. Serendip is an old name for Sri Lanka.

Wikipedia

  1. Serendipity

    Serendipity is an unplanned fortunate discovery. Serendipity is a common occurrence throughout the history of product invention and scientific discovery.

ChatGPT

  1. serendipity

    Serendipity is the phenomenon or occurrence of making fortunate or beneficial discoveries by chance or accident, often while looking for something else. It is the experience of finding valuable or pleasant things that are not specifically sought after.

Wikidata

  1. Serendipity

    Serendipity means a "happy accident" or "pleasant surprise"; specifically, the accident of finding something good or useful while not specifically searching for it. The word has been voted one of the ten English words hardest to translate in June 2004 by a British translation company. However, due to its sociological use, the word has been exported into many other languages.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of serendipity in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of serendipity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of serendipity in a Sentence

  1. Erich Fitzgerald:

    Paleontology is one of the last branches of science where serendipity, where chance events, timing, coincidence plays a most vital role, on that particular day at that particular time, Phil Mullaly was the right man for the job on that beach on the southern coast of Australia.

  2. Yoshiyuki Miyamae:

    I wanted to achieve this mixture of color, that you sometimes get by chance. For instance, this morning, it was raining quite heavily, but later it became really sunny, so the quality and color of light keeps changing, i wanted to get this particular instance of lighting, in creating color layers and express what is almost like serendipity, that I get this amazing color like a montage.

  3. Simon Bramwell:

    Extinction Rebellion's been an absolutely explosive debut and left a lot of people wondering how that happened, i think there's been a lot of serendipity involved.

  4. Peter McWilliams:

    In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.

  5. Hal Buell:

    Pictures are a combination of serendipity, instinct and experience, of course a good photographer has all of these things going for him.

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Translations for serendipity

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  • الصدفةArabic
  • serendipityCzech
  • serendipityDanish
  • freudige Überraschung, Zufallstreffer, überraschendes Ereignis, glückliche Fügung, wunderbares Zusammentreffen, unerwartete Entdeckung, überraschende Erfahrung, wunderbares Geschehen, Serendipität, überraschendes Erlebnis, glücklicher Zufall, unverhofftes Glück, SpürsinnGerman
  • τυχαιότητα, ΕΥΤΥΧΗΣ ΣΥΓΚΥΡΙΑGreek
  • serendipityEsperanto
  • serendipidad, serendipiaSpanish
  • سرنوشتPersian
  • serendipity, [[onnekas]] [[sattuma]]Finnish
  • chance, sérendipité, aubaine, coup de pot, heureux hazardFrench
  • serendipityIrish
  • नसीबHindi
  • serendipityHungarian
  • serendipityArmenian
  • serendipityIndonesian
  • serendipità, scoperta, SerendipityItalian
  • סרנדיפיטיHebrew
  • セレンディピティ, 偶察力Japanese
  • ಆಕಸ್ಮಿಕKannada
  • 뜻밖의 일Korean
  • serendipityLatin
  • toevalstreffer, serendipiteitDutch
  • serendipityNorwegian
  • SerendipityPolish
  • serendipidade, serendipitiaPortuguese
  • serendipitate, norocRomanian
  • везучесть, [[счастливый, интуитивная прозорливостьRussian
  • serendipitet, odets lyckokastSwedish
  • தற்செயல்Tamil
  • వూహించనిTelugu
  • บังเอิญThai
  • serendipityTurkish
  • serendipityUkrainian
  • کر SerendipityUrdu
  • sự tình cờVietnamese
  • סערענדיפּיטיYiddish
  • 運氣Chinese

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