'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]
Synonyms of 'universe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angle,
- angle of vision,
- Anschauung,
- bailiwick,
- basis,
- circle,
- corner,
- cosmos,
- creation,
- domain,
- eye,
- footing,
- frame of reference,
- framework,
- light,
- macrocosm,
- macrocosmos,
- megacosm,
- mental outlook,
- microcosm,
- milieu,
- nature,
- outlook,
- place,
- point of view,
- position,
- province,
- quarter,
- reference system,
- regard,
- respect,
- side,
- sight,
- situation,
- slant,
- sphere,
- stand,
- standpoint,
- system,
- territory,
- view,
- viewpoint,
- world
Words containing 'Universe'
- Universal,
- Universal, IN,
- Universalism,
- Universality,
- Universalize,
- Universalized,
- Universalizing,
- Universally,
- Universalness,
- Universities,
- University,
- Chancellor of a university,
- Universal City,
- Universal chuck,
- Universal church,
- Universal coupling,
- Universal dial,
- Universal donor,
- Universal grammar,
- Universal instrument,
- Universal joint,
- Universal lever,
- Universal restoration,
- Universal theorem,
- Universal umbel,
- Universe of discourse,
- University City,
- University Gardens,
- University Heights,
- University Park,
- University Place,
- University extension,
- University, FL,
- brown university,
- cambridge university,
- city university,
- clockwork universe,
- closed universe,
- columbia university,
- cornell university,
- duke university,
- harvard university,
- hub of the universe,
- island universe,
- linguistic universal,
- open university,
- oxford university,
- paris university,
- princeton university,
- redbrick university,
- stanford university,
- sussex university,
- universal agent,
- universal gravitation,
- universal gravity,
- universal proposition,
- universal quantifier,
- universal set,
- universal solvent,
- universal suffrage,
- universal time,
- universal veil,
- university of chicago,
- university of michigan,
- university of nebraska,
- university of paris,
- university of pennsylvania,
- university of pittsburgh,
- university of sussex,
- university of texas,
- university of vermont,
- university of washington,
- university of wisconsin,
- university student,
- yale university,
- Law of universal causation,
- Universal City, TX,
- University City, MO,
- University Gardens, NY,
- University Heights, IA,
- University Heights, OH,
- University Park, FL,
- University Park, IA,
- University Park, IL,
- University Park, MD,
- University Park, NM,
- University Park, TX,
- University Place, WA,
- West University Place,
- carnegie mellon university,
- coordinated universal time,
- ohio state university,
- universal gas constant,
- universal gravitational constant,
- universal product code,
- universal resource locator,
- university of california at berkeley,
- university of north carolina,
- university of west virginia,
- West University Place, TX,
- The Regents of the University of the State of New York