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omnipresent

omnipresent

13 7.7
Present everywhere at the same time
  • adjective
  • /ˌɑːm.nɪˈprɛz.ənt/
translation icon : omnipresente
  • Technology has become so omnipresent in our lives that we often forget to disconnect.
  • become omnipresent
  • omnipresent in society
  • omnipresent power

He was basically the omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent God.

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Examples

  • Spirit drinking among the city's male Irish was an omnipresent pastime on all major social occasions.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Owned by their grandparents for years and omnipresent during visits and holidays, this painting triggers nostalgia for that relationship.

  • The commitment that was necessary at the project's beginning has become omnipresent across the campus.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Everything now is entertainment, and the purpose of this omnipresent commercial entertainment is to sell us something.

  • So should we welcome or fear the emergence of omnipresent computing?

  • But we really have to acknowledge how omnipresent that anxiety is, especially in children that are not going to school anymore.

  • Significantly, the gambling landscape in the city is omnipresent beyond the Strip.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Our review of the literature also uncovered omnipresent problems in both WPPSI and WISC-R subtest methodology.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Garbo's portraits were so omnipresent in the wider visual culture that the close-ups could refer to them stylistically.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Ndomadyiri, however, as a blacksmith, is omnipresent, stabilizing society through supervision of its religious rites.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

pervasive
vsomnipresent
66 7.1

Spreads through a place or group and affects many people

means being everywhere simultaneously rather than a spreading or invasive process
prevalent
vsomnipresent
64 3.8

Common in many places or among many people at a certain time

expresses being present everywhere at once rather than merely common then
ubiquitous
vsomnipresent
51 9.0

Found in many places at the same time

is about being everywhere at the same time rather than merely widespread
ever-present
vsomnipresent
19 4.4

Something that is always there and hard to ignore

is about being everywhere at once, not only continuous presence in time

Antonyms

582 4.1

Not common and appearing in only a few places

139 1.0

Not present where expected or not existing when needed

How Widespread

omnipresent
13 7.7
widespread
256 3.6
common
797 1.0
present
392 1.0
occasional
285 2.8
rare
582 4.1
absent
139 1.0

Surface Forms

omnipresent positive

Morphology

omnipresent = present (semi-transparent) = omni + present

The meaning is clearly built from 'present' with the prefix 'omni-' meaning 'all', but 'omni-' is a bound combining form that may be less familiar to some learners.

Etymology

Omnipresent comes from the prefix omni- meaning 'all' and the word present meaning 'here'. So, omnipresent is like being 'here in all places', which is why it means 'present everywhere'.