SERENDIPITY

Serendipity

Serendipity means a "happy accident" or "pleasant surprise"; a fortunate mistake. 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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serendipity

Noun

  1. An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident.
  2. A combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome.


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