Definitions for cosmosˈkɒz məs, -moʊs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cos•mos*ˈkɒz məs, -moʊs(n.)(pl.)-mos, -mos•es

  1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system.

  2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system.

  3. order; harmony.

  4. any of a genus, Cosmos, of New World composite plants having open clusters of flowers with red or yellow disks and wide rays of white, pink, or purple.

    Category: Plants

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Origin of cosmos:

1150–1200; ME < Gk kósmos order, form, arrangement, the world or universe

Princeton's WordNet

  1. universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm(noun)

    everything that exists anywhere

    "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"

  2. cosmos, cosmea(noun)

    any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cosmos(noun)

    the universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it

  2. Cosmos(noun)

    the theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony


Translations for cosmos

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

the cosmos(noun)

the universe.

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