Universe

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1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Related terms 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 See also

English

Etymology

From Latin universa, unus or uni one + versus from vertere turn Via Old French univers. Originally literally all turned into one.

Noun

1. All of space; everything that exists.

   The newly-discovered galaxies are near the edge of the known universe.

2. Everything under consideration.

   In all this universe of possibilities, there is only one feasible option.

3. An imaginary collection of worlds.

   The universe in this comic book series is richly imagined.

4. Intese form of "world" as in "my world."

   That didn't just rock my world, it rocked my universe.

Related terms

• universal
• universal set
• university
• known universe
• universe of discourse

Translations

• Chinese: 宇宙
• Finnish: maailmankaikkeus (1, 3), universumi (1), kaikki (2), runsaus (2), maailma (3)
• French: univers m
• German: Weltall n, Universum n
• Interlingua: universo
• Italian: universo m
• Japanese: 宇宙, 万物, 森羅万象
• Lithuanian: visata f
• Persian: كیهان (keyhān)
• Portuguese: universo m
• Romanian: univers n

See also

• Om