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SERENDIPITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does serendipity mean? 

SERENDIPITY (noun)
  The noun SERENDIPITY has 1 sense:

1. good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveriesplay

  Familiarity information: SERENDIPITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SERENDIPITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("serendipity" is a kind of...):

fluke; good fortune; good luck (a stroke of luck)

Derivation:

serendipitous (lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries)


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