14. universal an entity that remains unchanged in character in a series of changes or changing relations.
15. universal a trait or property of language that can exist in all languages.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < MF < L ūniversālis. See universe)
Definition of 'Universal'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)universal, linguistic universal (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
2. (noun)universal, universal proposition (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
3. (noun)universal a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings "some form of religion seems to be a human universal"
4. (adj)universal joint, universal coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions "in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps"
5. (adj)cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide of worldwide scope or applicability "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"
6. (adj)universal applicable to or common to all members of a group or set "the play opened to universal acclaim"; "rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys"
7. (adj)universal adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations "universal wrench", "universal chuck"; "universal screwdriver"
1. (adjective)universal common or available to all people a universal problem; universal voting rights
Definition of 'Universal'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Universal of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice
2. (adj)Universal constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world
3. (adj)Universal adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine
4. (adj)Universal forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient
5. (noun)Universal the whole; the general system of the universe; the universe
6. (noun)Universal a general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it
7. (noun)Universal a universal proposition. See Universal, a., 4
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