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UNIVERSE

\jˈuːnɪvˌɜːs], \jˈuːnɪvˌɜːs], \j_ˈuː_n_ɪ_v_ˌɜː_s]\

Definitions of UNIVERSE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The whole system of created things.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

The whole system of created things: all created things viewed as one whole: the world.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

All existing material things considered as one; system of creation.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

The aggregate of all existing things; the whole creation; all mankind.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The system of created things viewed as one whole.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

n. [Latin] All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the world.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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