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universe

name
/ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs/UK/ˈjunəˌvɝs/US/ˈjʉːnɪˌvɜːs/

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”). Analyzable as uni- + -verse through backformation of -verse.

  1. derived from universum — “all things, as a whole, the universe”
  2. derived from univers
  3. inherited from universe

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Universe

    Alternative letter-case form of Universe; Our universe.

  2. The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos.

    • Do you think that the universe was created by a life force or a deity?

  3. Everything under consideration.

    • In all this universe of possibilities, there is only one feasible option.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. An imaginary collection of worlds

      An imaginary collection of worlds; the general imaginary world within which a work of fiction takes place, broader than its immediate setting.

      • The universe in this comic book series is richly imagined.

    2. A whole world, in the sense of perspective or social setting.

      • That didn’t just rock my world, it rocked my universe.

    3. A deity who is equivalent to the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos.

      • The universe wants you to succeed.

    4. The Earth, the sphere of the world.

    5. Our universe, the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space…

      Our universe, the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.

      • Powerful telescopes look far back into the distant reaches of the Universe.
      • The Universe will always be more powerful and intelligent than the human beings.

The neighborhood

Derived

Universe, universeful, universewide, 'verse, -verse, antiuniverse, interuniverse, intrauniverse, in-universe, metauniverse, meta-universe, nonuniverse, out-of-universe, subuniverse, axiverse, Connverse, Fediverse, infiniverse, Jewniverse, lumpiverse, macroverse, maniverse, metaverse, microverse, monoverse, netherverse, omniverse, superverse, Trekiverse, Whoniverse

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at universe. 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.

01universe02exists03exist04reality05actual06active07physical08nature

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

8 hops · closes at universe

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