universe
UK/ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs//ˈjunəˌvɝs/
universe is the alternative letter-case form of Universe.
Noun
universe (plural universes)
- The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos.
- Do you think that the universe was created by a life force or 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.
- The set of all things considered.
- The set of all admissible observations.
- In general content-related evidence demonstrates the degree to which the sample of items, tasks or questions on a test is representative of some defined universe or domain of content.2005, Dato de Gruijter, Leo van der Kamp, Statistical Test Theory for Education and psychology, page 79
- A sample taken from the population.
- 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.
- A collection of stories with characters and settings that typically share a continuity but are less interrelated than those of sequels or prequels.
- 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.2019, June 26, Daniel Menegaz, "Tracking Annabelle's confusing journey through the Conjuring universe", Entertainment Weekly
- A whole world, in the sense of perspective or social setting.
- That didn’t just rock my world, it rocked my universe.
- A deity who is equivalent to the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos.
- The universe wants you to succeed.
- The Earth, the sphere of the world.
- Under our new World may alſo be compriſed thoſe vaſt Southern Coaſts and Streights of Magelan, firſt lighted on by Ferdinandus Magelanus in the year 1520, in his Circumnavigation of the Univerſe ; which forty five years after Sir Francis Drake, and next Sir Thomas Bendiſh, Engliſhmen, made a...1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, pages 3–4
Proper noun capitalized: Universe
the Universe
Synonyms of universe
Forms of universe
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative capitalized | Universe |
| Noun | |
| plural | universes |
Origin of universe
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.
From Middle English, directly or via Old French univers, from Latin universum. See universe.
Words formed from universe
- accelerating universe
- alternate universe
- alternative universe
- block universe
- Center of the Universe
- Centre of the Universe
- clockwork universe
- expanded universe
- fine-tuned universe
- Grothendieck universe
- heat death of the universe
- Herbrand universe
- in universe
- island universe
- known universe
- meta-universe
- mirror universe
- moral universe
- observable universe
- parallel universe
- perpendicular universe
- pocket universe
- quantum universe
- risk universe
- shared universe
- universe of discourse
- God does not play dice with the universe
- in what universe
- out-of-universe
- put a dent in the universe
- cyberverse
- superuniverse
- Thronesiverse
- universeful
- universewide
- universism
- universist
- universology
- 'verse
- -verse
- antiuniverse
- interuniverse
- intrauniverse
- in-universe
- metauniverse
- nonuniverse
- subuniverse
- axiverse
- Connverse
- Fediverse
- infiniverse
- Jewniverse
- lumpiverse
- macroverse
- maniverse
- metaverse
- microverse
- monoverse
- netherverse
- omniverse
Phrases with universe
Words that rhyme with universe
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- worse
- -verse
- coerce
- converse
- excurse
- immerse
- multiverse
- obverse
- terce
- terse
- amerce
- asperse
- herse
- neurodiverse
- perse
- reimburse
- transverse
- a blessing and a curse
- absterse
- accurse
- costotransverse
- demerse
- disburse
- Erse
- intertransverse
- megadiverse
- murse
- nontransverse
- pretransverse
- public purse
- recurse
- renverse
- sperse
- submerse
- subtransverse
- thurse
Questions about universe
- What does universe mean?
- Universe means the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos.
- What is universe the alternative letter-case form of?
- Universe is the alternative letter-case form of Universe.
- What part of speech is universe?
- Universe can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce universe?
- Universe is pronounced /ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of universe?
- The plural of universe is universes.
Words near universe in the dictionary
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