Universe

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 to~


     pa^n of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world;
     creation.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           How may I
           Adore thee, Author of this universe
           And all this good to man!                --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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: (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which
          samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of
          the population" [syn: {population}]
       3: everything stated or assumed in a given discussion [syn: {universe
          of discourse}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "universe":
     Anschauung, angle, angle of vision, bailiwick, basis, circle,
     corner, cosmos, creation, domain, eye, footing, frame of reference,
     framework, light, macrocosm, macrocosmos, megacosm, mental outlook,
     microcosm, milieu, nature, outlook, place, point of view, position,
     province, quarter, reference system, regard, respect, side, sight,
     situation, slant, sphere, stand, standpoint, system, territory,
     view, viewpoint, world