Meaning of UNIVERSE
| Pronunciation: | | 'yoonu`vurs
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- [n] everything stated or assumed in a given discussion
- [n] (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population"
- [n] the whole collection of existing things
- [n] everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
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| | Synonyms: | | cosmos, cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, population, universe of discourse, world |
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| | See Also: | | accumulation, accumulation, aggregation, aggregation, assemblage, assemblage, celestial body, cognitive content, collection, collection, content, estraterrestrial body, extragalactic nebula, extraterrestrial object, galaxy, heavenly body, mental object, natural object, natural order, nature, subpopulation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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