Dictionary

ubiquity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /juˈbɪkwɪti/ (Canada, General-American)
• (US) audio
• /jʉːˈbəkwəti/ (New-Zealand)
• /juːˈbɪkwɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /jʉːˈbɪkwɪti/ (Australia)
• /juˈbɪkwəti/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubīque.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence.
   • It would be hard to exaggerate the ubiquity of the diminutive (-ito, -ita) in Latin American Spanish, which originates from the extreme reverence and indulgence accorded to the young. 2004, Martin Amis, The Guardian, reprinted in The Rub of Time (NY: Knopf, 2018), p. 228
   • Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:
   • The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use. 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:
2. (countable) Anything that is ubiquitous within a specified area.

Forms

Antonyms

uniquity

Deriveds

ubiquitous

Synonyms

omnipresence

Translations (27)

oc ubquïtat (omnipresence) · cmn 無所不在 /无所不在 (omnipresence) · es ubicuidad (omnipresence) · io ubiqueso (omnipresence) · de Ubiquität (omnipresence) · pt ubiquidade (omnipresence) · fr ubiquité (omnipresence) · it ubiquità (omnipresence) · gl ubicuidade (omnipresence) · id mahahadir (omnipresence) · sv allestädesnärvaro (omnipresence) · de Allgegenwart (omnipresence) · de Allgegenwärtigkeit (omnipresence) · bg вездесъщост (omnipresence) · nl alomtegenwoordigheid (omnipresence) · ru повсеме́стность (omnipresence) · ca ubiqüitat (omnipresence) · de Omnipräsenz (omnipresence) · mk сепри́сутност (omnipresence) · sl vseprisotnost (omnipresence) · sv ubikvitet (omnipresence) · da allestedsnærværelse (omnipresence) · fi läsnäolo kaikkialla (omnipresence) · hu mindenütt jelenvalóság (omnipresence) · pl wszechobecność (omnipresence) · cmn 無處不在 /无处不在 (omnipresence) · ro ubicuitate (omnipresence)