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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Universe en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈjunəˌvɝs/ (US)
  • /ˈjɪʊ̯nɪˌvøːs/ (Wales)
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  • /ˈjʉːnɪˌvɜːs/ (Australia)
  • /ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈjʉːnɪˌveːs/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
  • /ˈjʉːnɪˌvɛɾs/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈjuːnɪˌvɛːs/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
  • /ˈjʉːnəˌvøːs/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English, directly or via Old French univers, from Latin universum. See universe.

Meanings

  1. Our universe, the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.
    • Meronyms: observable universe, Galaxy, Earth, earth
    • The Universe will always be more powerful and intelligent than the human beings.
    • Powerful telescopes look far back into the distant reaches of the Universe.
    • 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 furhter inſpection into ; and in the Year 1600 Oliver van Noord a Hollander paſt, but of later years a Spaniard, Fedinand de Quier, out-ſhot them all by a more ample Diſcovery then all the former. 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:

Forms

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the Universe canonical lexicographic

Coordinates

World · cosmos

Relateds

temple of immensity · universe · heavens (the)

Translations (19)

tr evren (sum of everything that exists) · mk ко́смос (sum of everything that exists) · ka სამყარო (sum of everything that exists) · mk униве́рзум (sum of everything that exists) · ch ch (sum of everything that exists) · mk все́лена (sum of everything that exists) · fi kosmos (sum of everything that exists) · pt universo (sum of everything that exists) · fi universumi (sum of everything that exists) · nl heelal (sum of everything that exists) · si විශ්වය (sum of everything that exists) · hi ब्रह्मांड (sum of everything that exists) · fi maailmankaikkeus (sum of everything that exists) · sat ᱚᱣᱟᱝ (sum of everything that exists) · es universo (sum of everything that exists) · fr Univers (sum of everything that exists) · cs vesmír (sum of everything that exists) · ml പ്രപഞ്ചം (sum of everything that exists) · de Universum (sum of everything that exists)

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