-versecomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly, e.g. Twitterverse Brit.

/ˈtwɪtəvəːs/, U.S.

/ˈtwɪdərˌvərs/.

Forms: 1900s– -iverse (with a first element of one syllable), 1900s– -verse (with a first element of more than one syllable).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: universe n.

Etymology: < -verse (in universe n.). Compare earlier nulliverse n., multiverse n.

1. Forming nouns denoting the sphere or realm of what is specified or indicated by the first element. Frequently used in the context of computing and electronic communications.

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1981 T. H. Nelson Literary Machines iv. 11 Our universe of documents (or docuverse) is potentially very large, and will grow unpredictably.

1997 Guardian 13 Jan. ii. 15/5 The digiverse contains ‘far too many people who are too damn cheap’.

1998 Interzone Oct. 28/1 So you think you're a broadminded citizen of the post-ironic mediaverse?

2002 C. Doctorow et al. Essent. Blogging i. 15 One of the blogiverse's finest characteristics is its ability to examine a single story from a thousand angles.

2004 Wired Sept. 156 (heading) Mr. Craiglist, master of the nerdiverse.

2007 Mashable (Nexis) 5 Dec. I'll be able to see the violent reactions across the Twitterverse whenever I say something with political undertones.

2008 J. Corden & R. Jones Gavin & Stacey (2009) 50 Essex is the centre of the beeriverse and this is the best tipple of them all.

2. Forming nouns denoting the fictional world associated with a specified character, television series, author, etc.

ΚΠ

1984 Recurring Plot Devices in net.tv.drwho 2 Apr. The robots of the Dr. Whoniverse are being catalogued very nicely.]

1993 New Scientist 25 Dec. 56/1 Wile E. Coyote hovers among the disappearing clouds until he realises there is nothing to support him... In the Looniverse, gravity affects only those who notice it.

1997 Entertainment Weekly Mar. 7 41/2 Sexuality isn't the only thing Xena plays fast and loose with... In the Xenaverse—the name given to the show's timeless sense of place by its devotees—history is bunk.

1998 N. E. Genge Buffy Chron. 62 No demon willingly returns to a scene where one of its kind, and in the Buffyverse that would include vampires, died.

2005 Financial Times (Electronic ed.) 10 Dec. 54 The Potterverse looks worryingly familiar... The unsettling thing about Rowling's world is how much we have to fear from our rulers and from our friends.

2009 Libr. Jrnl. (Nexis) 15 Feb. 99 The 11th novel in Weber's popular Honor Harrington series and the 13th set in the ‘Honorverse’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	-verse
释义	-versecomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly, e.g. Twitterverse Brit. /ˈtwɪtəvəːs/, U.S. /ˈtwɪdərˌvərs/. Forms: 1900s– -iverse (with a first element of one syllable), 1900s– -verse (with a first element of more than one syllable). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: universe n. Etymology: < -verse (in universe n.). Compare earlier nulliverse n., multiverse n. 1. Forming nouns denoting the sphere or realm of what is specified or indicated by the first element. Frequently used in the context of computing and electronic communications. ΚΠ 1981 T. H. Nelson Literary Machines iv. 11 Our universe of documents (or docuverse) is potentially very large, and will grow unpredictably. 1997 Guardian 13 Jan. ii. 15/5 The digiverse contains ‘far too many people who are too damn cheap’. 1998 Interzone Oct. 28/1 So you think you're a broadminded citizen of the post-ironic mediaverse? 2002 C. Doctorow et al. Essent. Blogging i. 15 One of the blogiverse's finest characteristics is its ability to examine a single story from a thousand angles. 2004 Wired Sept. 156 (heading) Mr. Craiglist, master of the nerdiverse. 2007 Mashable (Nexis) 5 Dec. I'll be able to see the violent reactions across the Twitterverse whenever I say something with political undertones. 2008 J. Corden & R. Jones Gavin & Stacey (2009) 50 Essex is the centre of the beeriverse and this is the best tipple of them all. 2. Forming nouns denoting the fictional world associated with a specified character, television series, author, etc. ΚΠ 1984 Recurring Plot Devices in net.tv.drwho 2 Apr. The robots of the Dr. Whoniverse are being catalogued very nicely.] 1993 New Scientist 25 Dec. 56/1 Wile E. Coyote hovers among the disappearing clouds until he realises there is nothing to support him... In the Looniverse, gravity affects only those who notice it. 1997 Entertainment Weekly Mar. 7 41/2 Sexuality isn't the only thing Xena plays fast and loose with... In the Xenaverse—the name given to the show's timeless sense of place by its devotees—history is bunk. 1998 N. E. Genge Buffy Chron. 62 No demon willingly returns to a scene where one of its kind, and in the Buffyverse that would include vampires, died. 2005 Financial Times (Electronic ed.) 10 Dec. 54 The Potterverse looks worryingly familiar... The unsettling thing about Rowling's world is how much we have to fear from our rulers and from our friends. 2009 Libr. Jrnl. (Nexis) 15 Feb. 99 The 11th novel in Weber's popular Honor Harrington series and the 13th set in the ‘Honorverse’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < comb. form1981
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