Definitions for universe
ˈyu nəˌvɜrsuni·verse

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosmnoun

   everything that exists anywhere

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

2. population, universenoun

   (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn

   "it is an estimate of the mean of the population"

3. universe, universe of discoursenoun

   everything stated or assumed in a given discussion

Wiktionary(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. universenoun

   The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself; same as the Universe.

2. universenoun

   An entity similar to our Universe; one component of a larger entity known as the multiverse.

3. universenoun

   Everything under consideration.

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

4. universenoun

   An imaginary collection of worlds.

   The universe in this comic book series is richly imagined.

5. universenoun

   Intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting.

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

6. Universenoun

   The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.

   Powerful telescopes look far back into the distant reaches of the Universe.

7. Etymology: From univers, from universum, neuter of universus, from uni-, combining form of unus + versus, perfect passive participle of verto.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Universenoun

   The general system of things.

   Etymology: univers, Fr. universum, Lat.

   Creeping murmur, and the poring dark,
   Fills the wide vessel of the universe. William Shakespeare.

   God here sums up all into man; the whole into a part; the universe into an individual. Robert South, Sermons.

   Father of heav’n!
   Whose word call’d out this universe to birth. Matthew Prior.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Universe

   The universe is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy. The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological description of the development of the universe. According to this theory, space and time emerged together 13.787±0.020 billion years ago, and the universe has been expanding ever since the Big Bang. While the spatial size of the entire universe is unknown, it is possible to measure the size of the observable universe, which is approximately 93 billion light-years in diameter at the present day. Some of the earliest cosmological models of the universe were developed by ancient Greek and Indian philosophers and were geocentric, placing Earth at the center. Over the centuries, more precise astronomical observations led Nicolaus Copernicus to develop the heliocentric model with the Sun at the center of the Solar System. In developing the law of universal gravitation, Isaac Newton built upon Copernicus's work as well as Johannes Kepler's laws of planetary motion and observations by Tycho Brahe. Further observational improvements led to the realization that the Sun is one of a few hundred billion stars in the Milky Way, which is one of a few hundred billion galaxies in the universe. Many of the stars in a galaxy have planets. At the largest scale, galaxies are distributed uniformly and the same in all directions, meaning that the universe has neither an edge nor a center. At smaller scales, galaxies are distributed in clusters and superclusters which form immense filaments and voids in space, creating a vast foam-like structure. Discoveries in the early 20th century have suggested that the universe had a beginning and that space has been expanding since then at an increasing rate.According to the Big Bang theory, the energy and matter initially present have become less dense as the universe expanded. After an initial accelerated expansion called the inflationary epoch at around 10−32 seconds, and the separation of the four known fundamental forces, the universe gradually cooled and continued to expand, allowing the first subatomic particles and simple atoms to form. Dark matter gradually gathered, forming a foam-like structure of filaments and voids under the influence of gravity. Giant clouds of hydrogen and helium were gradually drawn to the places where dark matter was most dense, forming the first galaxies, stars, and everything else seen today. From studying the movement of galaxies, it has been discovered that the universe contains much more matter than is accounted for by visible objects; stars, galaxies, nebulas and interstellar gas. This unseen matter is known as dark matter (dark means that there is a wide range of strong indirect evidence that it exists, but we have not yet detected it directly). The ΛCDM model is the most widely accepted model of the universe. It suggests that about 69.2%±1.2% [2015] of the mass and energy in the universe is a cosmological constant (or, in extensions to ΛCDM, other forms of dark energy, such as a scalar field) which is responsible for the current expansion of space, and about 25.8%±1.1% [2015] is dark matter. Ordinary ('baryonic') matter is therefore only 4.84%±0.1% [2015] of the physical universe. Stars, planets, and visible gas clouds only form about 6% of the ordinary matter.There are many competing hypotheses about the ultimate fate of the universe and about what, if anything, preceded the Big Bang, while other physicists and philosophers refuse to speculate, doubting that information about prior states will ever be accessible. Some physicists have suggested various multiverse hypotheses, in which our universe might be one among many universes that likewise exist.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Universenoun

   all created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the / / of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation

Freebase(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Universe

   The Universe is commonly defined as the totality of existence, including planets, stars, galaxies, the contents of intergalactic space, and all matter and energy. Similar terms include the cosmos, the world and nature. Scientific observation of the Universe, the observable part of which is about 93 billion light years in diameter, has led to inferences of its earlier stages. These observations suggest that the Universe has been governed by the same physical laws and constants throughout most of its extent and history. The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model that describes the early development of the Universe, which in physical cosmology is calculated to have occurred 13.798 ± 0.037 billion years ago. There are various multiverse hypotheses, in which physicists have suggested that the Universe might be one among many universes that likewise exist. The farthest distance that it is theoretically possible for humans to see is described as the observable Universe. Observations have shown that the Universe appears to be expanding at an accelerating rate. There are many competing theories about the ultimate fate of the Universe. Physicists remain unsure about what, if anything, preceded the Big Bang. Many refuse to speculate, doubting that any information from any such prior state could ever be accessible.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Universe

   ū′ni-vėrs, n. the whole system of created things: all created things viewed as one whole: the world.—adj. Universolog′ical.—ns. Universol′ogist; Universol′ogy, the science of the universe, or of all forms of human activity. [L. universum, neut. sing. of universus, whole, unus, one, versus, vertĕre, to turn.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. universe

   A space in the multiverse like a computer composed of animals, beings, structures, systems, conscience, consciousness, hearts, mind, spirit, souls, memory, skills, software, solutions, tools, love, light, expression, data, information, emotion, frequency, intelligence, color, inspiration, knowledge, knowing, learning, wisdom, understanding, weather, climate, facts, joy, love, balance, justness, fairness, truth, harmony and energy cocreating as a collective and intelligent being justly and fairly.

   The universe is amazing and we all know within our soul we are infinite beings here to evolve and change and improve.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 3, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Cognitive Content
   • Collection
   • Statistics

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'universe' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3632

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'universe' in Nouns Frequency: #1482

How to pronounce universe?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say universe in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of universe in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of universe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of universe in a Sentence

1. Larry Eisenberg:

   For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe.

2. Norbert Schartel:

   Finding one source is great, but knowing that this phenomenon is common in the Universe would be a real breakthrough, even with XMM-Newton, we might be able to find more such sources in the next decade.

3. Max Ehrmann:

   You are a child of the Universe, no less than the moon and the stars you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should.

4. Henry David Thoreau:

   The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.

5. Pat Keon:

   Unlike the rest of the fixed-income universe, it is a negative for loan funds when the Fed holds rates static - or decreases rates, this is because loans have floating rates that benefit from interest rate hikes.

Popularity rank by frequency of use