Universe
Word: universeUniverse Meanings:
- All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the to~ pa^n of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs/ IPA(key): /ˈjuːniːˌvɜ(ɹ)s/
- Alternative letter-case form of Universe; Our universe.
- The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos. I think that the universe was created by a life force rather than a deity.An entity similar to our universe; one component of a larger entity known as the multiverse.
- Everything under consideration. In all this universe of possibilities, there is only one feasible option.(mathematics) The set of all things considered.
- (statistics, psychometrics) The set of all admissible observations.
- (marketing, economics) A sample taken from the population.
- An imaginary collection of worlds. The universe in this comic book series is richly imagined.(literature, films) A collection of stories with characters and settings that are less interrelated than those of sequels or prequels. 2019, June 26, Daniel Menegaz, "Tracking Annabelle's confusing journey through the Conjuring universe", Entertainment Weekly: Annabelle Comes Home (the 7th and most recent movie in the Conjuring universe, and the 3rd to focus on Annabelle) is a direct sequel to both previous Annabelle movies, which occurred before the events of The Conjuring – but take place after the events of the 2013 franchise-starter.
- A whole world, in the sense of perspective or social setting. That didn’t just rock my world, it rocked my universe.
- (pantheism) A deity who is equivalent to the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos. The universe wants you to succeed.
- (archaic) The Earth, the sphere of the world.
- universe on Wikidata.Wikidata
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uː.niˈu̯er.seː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /u.niˈver.se/,
- “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
- (Late Middle English, rare) The universe; the stars.
- Scots: universe
- “ūniverse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-31.