universe
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈjuːnɪvɜrs/
- Specialized
:
universo
- Lots of little good things happen, and the universe loves grateful people.
- universe of discourse
- define a universe
- semantic universe
I want to talk about the extended bravy universe that you've created.
- I want to talk about the extended bravy universe that you've created.
- So what is the narrative universe that Solaris belongs in?
- In my fantasy universe, hang time would be instant.
- And so we step into this narrative universe on the very first line.
- There's a new Adrian Young book in the universe of Fable and Namesake.
- You know, CJ Cherra with her great Alliance Union universe works.
- This is an alternative universe to the one I want to live in.
Examples
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We all, like beggars, must patch the universe as best we can.
Fiction book (1995) -
We will become increasingly conscious of a magnificent, intricately ordered universe beyond anything our ancestors imagined.
Academic text (1999) -
And I ask you, how much is the universe worth to you?
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We can take things beyond our known universe, start to explain them.
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OK, the system, it's that part of the universe that we're studying.
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And so we're all seeing the universe through our own filters.
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If there is intelligent life in the universe, what might these aliens be like?
Academic text (2011) -
In English, one can divide the universe into two parts: the natural and supernatural.
Academic text (1990) -
I was homesick, emotionally immature, troubled by visions of a hidden universe.
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In our research, we only consider the universe of data that relates to our specific hypothesis.
Synonyms
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3.5
The whole group of people or things a study looks at
All the things considered in a discussion or theory
All the things we consider in a math problem, including every smaller group
Compounds
- Specialized
1
9.9
A model of the universe whose space curves and contains enough matter to stop and reverse its expansion
- Informal
1
9.6
A person who thinks they have total control over people or events
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word universe comes from the Latin parts uni- 'one' and -verse 'turned', so it literally means 'made into one'. That's why in science or statistics universe can mean the whole group or complete set you are studying.