Hypertext Webster Gateway: "universe"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Universe \U"ni*verse\, n. [L. universum, from universus
universal; unus one + vertere, versum, to turn, that is,
turned into one, combined into one whole; cf. F. univers. See
{One}, and {Verse}.]
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.
How may I Adore thee, Author of this universe And all
this good to man! --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
universe
n 1: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution
of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn:
{existence}, {creation}, {world}, {cosmos}, {macrocosm}]
2: the whole collection of existing things [syn: {cosmos}]
3: (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which
samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of
the population" [syn: {population}]
4: everything stated or assumed in a given discussion [syn: {universe
of discourse}]
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