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universal

adj
/ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsl̩/UK/ˌjunəˈvɜɹs(ə)l/US

Etymology

From Middle English universal, from Old French universal (modern French universel), from Latin ūniversālis, equivalent to universe + -al.

  1. derived from ūniversālis
  2. derived from universal
  3. inherited from universal

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the universe.

  2. Common to all members of a group or class.

    • In Logic, the letter A is used as a symbol for the universal affirmative proposition in the general form "all x is y."
    • I had been planning every day through these years toward a universal car.
    • Eventually, the railway opened on Monday, December 14, 1896, with a universal fare of 1d. collected at the turnstiles, and conditions were immediately chaotic, as many passengers travelled round and round, and refused to leave the cars.

  3. Common to all society

    Common to all society; worldwide.

    • She achieved universal fame.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Unlimited

      Unlimited; vast; infinite.

      • Playwrights have recognized the usefulness of this archetype and used him in many dramatic contexts, for the Trickster's freedom from determination gives him a universal fascination.

    2. Useful for many purposes

      Useful for many purposes; all-purpose.

      • universal wrench

    3. A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.

      • When we examine common words, we find that, broadly speaking, proper names stand for particulars, while other substantives, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs stand for universals.

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Derived

abstract universal, inter-universal Teichmüller theory, last universal ancestor, last universal common ancestor, Saybolt universal second, universal algebra, universal arithmetic, universal bank, universal banking, universal basic income, universal chuck, universal credit, universal design, universal design for instruction, universal donor, universal grammar, universal grinder, universal instrument, universalise, universalize, universal joint, universal jurisdiction, universal language, universal lever, universal logic gate, universally, universal masking, universal mind, universal morphism, universal opportunity, universal packager, universal product code, universal property, universal quantifier, universal set, universal shunt, universal solvent, universal sorter, universal suffrage, universal Turing machine · +2 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at universal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at universal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at universal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA