universe

See also: Universe

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English universe, from Old French univers, from Latin universum (“all things, as a whole, the universe”), neuter of universus (“all together, whole, entire, collective, general, literally turned or combined into one”), from uni-, combining form of unus (“one”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of vertō (“to turn”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈjuːnəˌvɝs/
  • Audio (GA)(file)

Noun

universe (plural universes)

  1. The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.
    I think that the universe was created by a life force rather than a deity.
  2. An entity similar to our universe; one component of a larger entity known as the multiverse.
  3. Everything under consideration.
    In all this universe of possibilities, there is only one feasible option.
  4. (marketing, economics) A sample taken from the population.
  5. An imaginary collection of worlds.
    The universe in this comic book series is richly imagined.
  6. A whole world, in the sense of perspective or social setting.
    That didn’t just rock my world, it rocked my universe.

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Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /uː.niˈwer.seː/, [uː.nɪˈwɛr.seː]

Adverb

ūniversē (not comparable)

  1. Generally; in general.

References
  • universe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • universe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • universe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French univers, from Latin ūniversus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈiu̯nivɛrs/

Noun

universe

  1. (Late Middle English, rare) The universe; the stars.

Descendants

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