"universal" Definition

Definitions for the word "universal" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A universal proposition. See Universal, a., 4.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. adj.
Of, belonging to, or done etc. By all; applicable to all cases. n. Term, characteristic, or concept of general application. universality n. Universally adv. [latin: related to *universe]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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