'Universe' definitions:

Definition of 'universe'

From: WordNet
noun
Everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm]
noun
(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" [syn: population, universe]
noun
Everything stated or assumed in a given discussion [syn: universe, universe of discourse]

Definition of 'Universe'

From: GCIDE
  • Universe \U"ni*verse\, n. [L. universum, from universus universal; unus one + vertere, versum, to turn, that is, turned into one, combined into one whole; cf. F. univers. See One, and Verse.] 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. [1913 Webster]
  • How may I Adore thee, Author of this universe And all this good to man! --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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