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Definition of serendipity in English: serendipitynoun ˌsɛr(ə)nˈdɪpɪtiˌsɛrənˈdɪpədi mass nounThe occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. 意外的运气 a fortunate stroke of serendipity 意外的走运。 count noun a series of small serendipities 一连串的小运气。 Example sentencesExamples - With yet another stroke of serendipity, they are BOTH newly single!
- Such serendipity is typical of a constantly surprising show whose overlapping paths continually come full circle.
- Evolution seems to proceed not by design but by chance and serendipity.
- You might say this is serendipity, but you really have to make these things happen.
- It's only luck or rather serendipity, which makes them successful.
- While there is appeal in the spontaneity and serendipity of these events, they do not amount to community.
- It was only through sheer serendipity that he found what he was looking for bobbing about on the Clyde just a few miles from his home in Woodlands.
- The arts develop because of aptitude, talent, genius, hard work and serendipity.
- In his own words, he scraped a living in Bangkok but then serendipity came again in the form of a meeting with two influential people in Bangkok.
- What is lost, some say, is the experience of serendipity and the delight in finding things that you would not naturally seek out.
- A few weeks ago, in one of those moments of serendipity, I came across a book waiting to be placed in our law library's rare book collection.
- Through standard musical comedy serendipity, George is given an audition opposite Clare!
- There is huge serendipity in life and we cannot plan for it of course.
- Success often depends on serendipity and clues turned up by other investigations.
- A mixture of serendipity, personal experience and recommendation built the list of artists.
- Nick is talking about a different sort of thing - a high incidence of serendipity and coincidence in one's life.
- Discovery, for an artist, is rarely the much-advertised miracle of serendipity.
- One of the nicest things about traveling is the part that serendipity plays in our adventures.
- Like most worthwhile adventures, the origins of this particular grand excursion are rooted in pure serendipity.
- I don't worry about surveillance as much as I worry that chance encounters and serendipity may disappear.
Synonyms chance, happy chance, accident, happy accident, fluke luck, good luck, good fortune, fortuity, fortuitousness, providence coincidence, happy coincidence
Origin1754: coined by Horace Walpole, suggested by The Three Princes of Serendip, the title of a fairy tale in which the heroes ‘were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of’. The delightful word serendipity, meaning ‘the occurrence of events by chance in a beneficial way’, was invented by the writer and politician Horace Walpole before or at the beginning of 1754, from Serendip, an old name for Sri Lanka. Walpole was a prolific letter writer, and he explained to one of his main correspondents that he had based the word on the title of a fairy tale, The Three Princes of Serendip, the heroes of which ‘were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of’.
Definition of serendipity in US English: serendipitynounˌsɛrənˈdɪpədiˌserənˈdipədē The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. 意外的运气 a fortunate stroke of serendipity 意外的走运。 a series of small serendipities 一连串的小运气。 Example sentencesExamples - Like most worthwhile adventures, the origins of this particular grand excursion are rooted in pure serendipity.
- It was only through sheer serendipity that he found what he was looking for bobbing about on the Clyde just a few miles from his home in Woodlands.
- Discovery, for an artist, is rarely the much-advertised miracle of serendipity.
- I don't worry about surveillance as much as I worry that chance encounters and serendipity may disappear.
- With yet another stroke of serendipity, they are BOTH newly single!
- There is huge serendipity in life and we cannot plan for it of course.
- Through standard musical comedy serendipity, George is given an audition opposite Clare!
- Nick is talking about a different sort of thing - a high incidence of serendipity and coincidence in one's life.
- It's only luck or rather serendipity, which makes them successful.
- In his own words, he scraped a living in Bangkok but then serendipity came again in the form of a meeting with two influential people in Bangkok.
- While there is appeal in the spontaneity and serendipity of these events, they do not amount to community.
- Evolution seems to proceed not by design but by chance and serendipity.
- Such serendipity is typical of a constantly surprising show whose overlapping paths continually come full circle.
- One of the nicest things about traveling is the part that serendipity plays in our adventures.
- The arts develop because of aptitude, talent, genius, hard work and serendipity.
- What is lost, some say, is the experience of serendipity and the delight in finding things that you would not naturally seek out.
- Success often depends on serendipity and clues turned up by other investigations.
- A mixture of serendipity, personal experience and recommendation built the list of artists.
- A few weeks ago, in one of those moments of serendipity, I came across a book waiting to be placed in our law library's rare book collection.
- You might say this is serendipity, but you really have to make these things happen.
Synonyms chance, happy chance, accident, happy accident, fluke
Origin1754: coined by Horace Walpole, suggested by The Three Princes of Serendip, the title of a fairy tale in which the heroes ‘were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of’. |