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- Dictionaryserendipity/ˌsɛrənˈdɪpɪti/
noun
- 1. the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way: "a fortunate stroke of serendipity"
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Serendipity is the fact of finding interesting or valuable things by chance. Learn more about this word, its origin, synonyms, and usage with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
- English (US)
SERENDIPITY meaning: 1. the fact of finding interesting or...
- Znaczenie Serendipity, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
SERENDIPITY definicja: 1. the fact of finding interesting or...
- Traditional
SERENDIPITY translate: （偶然發現有趣或珍貴之物的）機緣，幸運. Learn more in...
- Simplified
SERENDIPITY translate: （偶然发现有趣或珍贵之物的）机缘，幸运. Learn more in...
- Serendipity in Russian
SERENDIPITY translate: счастливая случайность . Learn more...
- Serendipity in Polish
SERENDIPITY translate: przypadkowe odkrycie. Learn more in...
- English (US)
Serendipity is the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for. Learn more about its origin, synonyms, examples, and related words from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
- Serendipity and fate differ in meaning in a number of important ways. The former is defined as "the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or ag...
- There is considerable similarity between luck and serendipity, but there are also settings in which one word might be more apt than the other. Sere...
- Serendipity is a noun, coined in the middle of the 18th century by author Horace Walpole (he took it from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes...
If you find good things without looking for them, serendipity — unexpected good luck — has brought them to you.
Serendipity is the ability to make fortunate discoveries by accident, or good fortune. The word was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754, inspired by a Persian fairy tale.
Serendipity is an unplanned fortunate discovery. [1] In 1754 Horace Walpole coined the word and described an amazing discovery as being “of that kind which I call Serendipity”. Robert K. Merton first came upon the concept-and-term of serendipity in the 1930s in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Serendipity is the luck of finding or creating interesting or valuable things by chance. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of this word from Collins English Dictionary, with examples from literature and media.
Serendipity is the fact of finding interesting or valuable things by chance. Learn how to use this word in sentences, see synonyms and antonyms, and find translations in different languages.
