serendipitous
pronunciation
How to pronounce serendipitous in British English:
UK [ˌserən'dɪpətəs]
How to pronounce serendipitous in American English:
US [ˌserən'dɪpətəs]
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- Adjective:
- being lucky in making unexpected and furtunate discoveries
Word Origin
- serendipitous (adj.)
- 1914; see serendipity + -ous. Related: Serendipitously.
Example
- 1. Could data mining soon replace serendipitous observational discovery ?
- 2. Some transfers are more serendipitous .
- 3. Along the way , we learned that sometimes the only way around a barrier is a serendipitous discovery .
- 4. This realization really came as a result of a serendipitous and spontaneous question that popped in my mind a month ago or so .
- 5. Did you really want to share your serendipitous discoveries , your likes and your dislikes , with the arguably dysfunctional ebay ?