universal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English universal, from Old French universal (modern French universel), from Latin ūniversālis, equivalent to universe + -al.
Base: universe
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: more universal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most universal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: universals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the universe.
pos: adj
gloss: Common to all members of a group or class.
pos: adj
examples: In Logic, the letter A is used as a symbol for the universal affirmative proposition in the general form "all x is y."
I had been planning every day through these years toward a universal car.
Eventually, the railway opened on Monday, December 14, 1896, with a universal fare of 1d. collected at the turnstiles, and conditions were immediately chaotic, as many passengers travelled round and round, and refused to leave the cars.
Sutton SignWriting is the universal and complete solution for written sign language, ISO 15924 script code "Sgnw".
gloss: Common to all society; worldwide.
pos: adj
examples: She achieved universal fame.
[John] Dryden's univerſal genius, his firmly eſtablished reputation, and the glory his memory muſt always reflect upon the nation that gave him birth, make us ardently wiſh for a more accurate life of him than any which has hitherto appeared: […]
gloss: Unlimited; vast; infinite.
pos: adj
examples: Playwrights have recognized the usefulness of this archetype and used him in many dramatic contexts, for the Trickster's freedom from determination gives him a universal fascination.
gloss: Useful for many purposes; all-purpose.
pos: adj
examples: universal wrench
gloss: A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.
pos: noun
examples: When we examine common words, we find that, broadly speaking, proper names stand for particulars, while other substantives, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs stand for universals.
We might also distinguish those expressions which are used to refer to individuals or particulars from those which are used to refer to what philosophers have called universals: e.g., to distinguish such expressions as "Everest" and "this chair" from "the number three", "the color red" and "drunkenness".
Empiricism was similarly a response to this loss of universals—a radically contingent world with no underlying order must constantly be studied and tested—and made God himself unnecessary: divine spirit and human spirit were alien enough to each other that they could function without taking each other into account.
Antonyms: nonuniversal
Related words: universe
university
universality
general
global
Derived words: abstract universal
inter-universal Teichmüller theory
last universal ancestor
last universal common ancestor
Saybolt universal second
universal algebra
universal arithmetic
universal bank
universal banking
universal basic income
universal chuck
universal credit
universal design
universal design for instruction
universal donor
universal grammar
universal grinder
universal instrument
universalise
universalize
universal joint
universal jurisdiction
universal language
universal lever
universal logic gate
universally
universal masking
universal mind
universal morphism
universal opportunity
universal packager
universal product code
universal property
universal quantifier
universal set
universal shunt
universal solvent
universal sorter
universal suffrage
universal Turing machine
universal value
universal veil
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