Complete Definition of "universe"

see|Universe

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�ju�nɪ�v��s/ (RP)
IPA|/�jun��v�s/ (w:General American|GA)
audio|en-us-universe.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From Old French univers, from Latin universa, from uni-, combining form of unus, one + versus, turned, perfect passive participle of vertere, turn.
Literally "all turned into one".
Noun
en-noun

  1. The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself; same as the Universe.
  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.

  1. An imaginary collection of worlds.

#: The universe in this comic book series is richly imagined.

  1. Intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting.

#: That didn�t just rock my world, it rocked my universe.

Derived terms
clockwork universe
known universe
observable universe
universal
universal set
university
universe of discourse

Translations
trans-top|The Universe
Czech: vesmír m
Finnish: maailmankaikkeus, universumi, kosmos
trans-mid
German: Universum n
Japanese: JAchar|�� (����, uchū)
Portuguese: universo#Portuguese|universo m
Serbian: svemir, vasiona
Spanish: universo m
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trans-top|An entity similar to our Universe
Finnish: maailmankaikkeus, universumi
trans-mid
Japanese: JAchar|�� (����, uchū)
Portuguese: universo#Portuguese|universo m
Russian: в�еленна� (vs'el'énnaja) f, ми� (mir) m
Serbian: vasiona, vaseljena
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trans-top|Everything under consideration
Finnish: avaruus
trans-mid
Japanese: JAchar|森��象 (��������, shinrabansh�)
Portuguese: universo#Portuguese|universo m
Russian: в�еленна� (vs'el'énnaja) f, ми� (mir) m
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trans-top|An imaginary collection of worlds
Finnish: maailma, maailma|maailmat
trans-mid
Portuguese: universo#Portuguese|universo m
Russian: в�еленна� (vs'el'énnaja) f, ми� (mir) m
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trans-top|Intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting
trans-mid
Portuguese: universo#Portuguese|universo m
Russian: в�еленна� (vs'el'énnaja) f
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ttbc|Chinese: �� (y�zhòu)
ttbc|Dutch: universum n (1,3), heelal n (1), spectrum n (2), scala n (2)
ttbc|French: univers m
ttbc|German: Weltall n, Universum n
ttbc|Interlingua: universo#Interlingua|universo
ttbc|Italian: universo#Italian|universo m
ttbc|Hebrew: �ק�� (YeKum?)
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ttbc|Korean: �주 (uju)
ttbc|Lithuanian: visata f
ttbc|Maltese: univers m}]
{{ttbc|Persian
: FAchar|ک��ا� (keyh�n)
ttbc|Polish: wszech�wiat m
ttbc|Romanian: univers n
ttbc|Swedish: universum n (1,3)
ttbc|Telugu: విశ�వ� (vishvam)
ttbc|Turkish: uzay
ttbc|Ukrainian: в�е�в�� (vsesvit) m
ttbc|Welsh: bydysawd
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See also
Om

External links
sister|disambig
pedia|universe
pedia|universe (economics)
pedia|universe (mathematics)


Latin
Category:Latin adverbs
Pronunciation
IPA|/u�.nɪ�w��r.se�/

Adverb
ūnivers�

  1. generally|Generally; in general.

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