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serene
What does serene mean?
serene (adjective): calm, peaceful, unruffled.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use serene in a sentence?
- The weather is serene. (Tatoeba sentence #12680232 by jacoblaguerre, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce serene?
/səˈɹin/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does serene come from?
From Middle English, borrowed from Latin serēnus (“clear, cloudless, untroubled”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “serene” mean?
calm, peaceful, unruffled
Right! That's what “serene” means.
intense; sensitive; sharp
Not quite: that's what acute means.
lasting forever; unending
Not quite: that's what eternal means.
capable of being foretold
Not quite: that's what predictable means.
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