🇬🇧🇨🇳 serendipity - 意外发现 : English Lesson

Meaning of "serendipity" ("意外发现"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Serendipity is when something good or useful shows up by accident, even though you weren’t trying to find it. It’s like when you clean your room and suddenly discover money in an old pocket, or when you get lost and end up at the best playground ever. You didn’t plan it, but it turned out to be a happy, helpful surprise—that’s serendipity.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

It was pure serendipity when I reached into my backpack for homework and pulled out a forgotten cookie instead.

By pure serendipity, my little brother sat on the remote and turned on my favorite show exactly at the best part.

I went to the fridge for vegetables, but serendipity guided my hand straight to the chocolate cake.

Serendipity happened when my experiment to make slime failed but instead created the world’s bounciest rubber blob.

I was looking for my left shoe—but by serendipity, I found my long-lost sandwich. Still edible, I guess.

On a slow rain walk, she found a tiny painted stone on the path—serendipity. That serendipity, a small serendipity of color, led her to a laughing child, to a bright lost key, to a warm bakery light. Each serendipity felt like a gift she never sought. She smiled, holding the stone, glad for serendipity.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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