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universe |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 ? ? of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation. How may I Adore thee, Author of this universe And all this good to man! --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: universe n 1: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: {existence}, {nature}, {creation}, {world}, {cosmos}, {macrocosm}] 2: the whole collection of existing things [syn: {cosmos}] 3: (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" [syn: {population}] 4: everything stated or assumed in a given discussion [syn: {universe of discourse}]
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