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How to pronounce serendipity in English?

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Type Words
Type of fluke, good fortune, good luck
Derivation serendipitous

Examples of serendipity

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In the end, the swagger of youth seemed to matter as much as simple serendipity.
From the nytimes.com
We love all our actors, and it's mere serendipity that some of them are British.
From the artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com
Put simply, we can learn to harness serendipity as a rigorous business practice.
From the cnn.com
Top 10 Profiles From real estate to fish feed, getting rich is pure serendipity.
From the forbes.com
Every Gillmor Gang begins with a mysterious blend of serendipity and confusion.
From the techcrunch.com
Let students do more work at school and save evenings for family and serendipity.
From the time.com
The Man Booker is a braver prize, because it acknowledges risk and serendipity.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
The successful inhibition of virus replication was not a result of serendipity.
From the sciencedaily.com
Yes, serendipity and contingency has had a big impact on the progress of science.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • Good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
  • Serendipity is a propensity for making fortunate discoveries while looking for something unrelated. The word has been voted as one of the ten English words that were hardest to translate in June 2004 by a British translation company. ...
  • Serendipity is the third solo album by jazz pianist Mike Garson, and was released in 1986.
  • Serendipity is a series of children's books about fictional animals. The stories have a strong moral perspective. First released in 1974, they were written by Stephen Cosgrove (b. July 26, 1945) and illustrated by Robin James.
  • Serendipity is a 2001 romantic comedy, starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. It was written by Marc Klein and directed by Peter Chelsom. The original music score is composed by Alan Silvestri.
  • Serendipity is a PHP based blog and web-based content management system. It is available under a BSD license. It supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite database backends, the Smarty template engine, and a plugin architecture for user contributed modifications.
  • Serendipities: Language and Lunacy (originally published in English, translated by William Weaver) is a 1998 collection of essays by Umberto Eco. ...
  • An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident and sagacity; a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome
  • (serendipitous) By serendipity; by unexpected good fortune; Good, beneficial, favorable, etc.