universen.

Brit.

/ˈjuːnᵻvəːs/, U.S.

/ˈjunəvərs/

Forms: Middle English 1600s– universe, Middle English–1500s vnyuerse, Middle English–1600s vniuerse, 1500s–1600s univers, 1500s–1600s vniuers, 1600s uniuers, 1600s uniuerse, 1600s vnivers, 1600s vniverse; also Scottish pre-1700 vniuers, pre-1700 vnivers, pre-1700 wniuers.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French univers; Latin ūniversum.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French univers (French univers ) the whole of creation (c1300 in Old French in en univers ; 1550 in independent use as noun), the inhabited world (1543), the inhabitants of the world (1550), particular sphere of human activity or experience (1552 with reference to the emotional or intellectual domain, 1578 with reference to the material, physical domain), cosmos, system of various planets and stars (1588), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin ūniversum (noun) the whole, the sum of existing things, general idea or principle, universal, use as noun of neuter singular of ūniversus the whole of, entire, complete in all its parts, whole, regarded as a whole, all taken collectively, affecting everyone or everything, general, universal < ūni- uni- comb. form + versus , past participle of vertere to turn (see vert v.¹). Compare Catalan univers (15th cent.), Spanish universo (15th cent.), Portuguese universo (15th cent.), Italian universo (a1313).With in universe at sense 1 compare also classical Latin in ūniversum entirely, altogether, so as to apply universally, without specific application, in general.

†1. in universe: universally; so as to include or apply to all. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > of universal application

in universea1425

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Corpus Cambr. 61) (1894) iii. l. 36 Ȝe folke [sc. the gods] a lawe han sette in vniuerse And this knowe I by hem that louers be That who so stryueth with ȝow hath the worse.

1480 Curia Sapiencie (Caxton) sig. aiii Fyrst must man conne hym self reule in degre Efte his houshold, and than in vnyuerse Cyte and Reygne.

1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 39 Nor could these Lords, high Captains, and Princes, be content to keep this News at Court, yea before the Records thereof were perfected, themselves came down and told it in Universe .

a. Frequently with capital initial. All existing matter, space, time, energy, etc., regarded collectively, esp. as constituting a systematic or ordered whole; the whole of creation, the cosmos.Early western philosophers followed the Ptolemaic system, which placed the earth at the centre of the universe, and subsequently adopted the Copernican system, with the sun at the centre. Later astronomers established that the sun is just one of many stars in the Milky Way, and hence not central to the universe, and that the Milky Way itself is but one of many galaxies. From the late 20th cent., the most favoured theory in cosmology suggests that the Universe came into existence about 13.7 billion years ago with an explosion from a hot, dense initial state (see big bang n. 1), followed by a continuing and perhaps endless expansion.expanding, observable, oscillating universe, etc.: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > [noun]

kindlOE

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universityc1450

engine?1510

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megacosm1617

cosmos1650

materialism1817

world-all1847

panarchy1848

multiverse1895

metaverse1994

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xi. 81 The Roundell or Spheare..for his ample capacitie doth resemble the world or vniuers.

1596 E. Spenser Fowre Hymnes 31 Looke on the frame Of this wyde vniuerse, and therein reed The endlesse kinds of creatures.

1611 B. Jonson Catiline i. sig. C4 O, for a clap of thunder now, as loud, As to be heard through-out the Vniuerse .

1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 20 in Poems Dull Earth with his own weight did downwards pierce To the fixt Navel of the Universe.

1735 B. Martin Philos. Gram. 10 Cosmology..treats of..the Universe in general, and particularly of our solar System.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature I. 149 That active power of Nature which fills the Universe.

1817 Ld. Byron Manfred ii. ii. 111 She had..The quest of hidden knowledge, and a mind To comprehend the universe.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh v. 226 If the Iliad fell out..By mere fortuitous concourse of old songs, We'll guess as much, too, for the universe.

1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 216 The same sense of the puniness of man in the centre of a cruel and frowning universe.

1907 J. R. Illingworth Doctr. Trinity x. 196 On the other hand, we may..think of God as dwelling in the universe, without in any way transcending it.

a1933 J. Galsworthy End of Chapter (1934) iii. xxv. 773 One's alone from birth to death, except for that fine old companion the Universe—of which one is the microcosm.

1950 F. Hoyle Nature of Universe v. 102 One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion.

1995 V. Chandra Red Earth & Pouring Rain (1996) 85 The brahmins say..at the end of each Period the universe is destroyed and re-created.

2007 Astron. & Geophysics Feb. 10/2 Normal matter has a very low gravitational opacity; the universe is largely transparent to gravitational waves.

b. With plural. A hypothetical or imagined cosmos with particular distinguishing properties; each of a number of possible all-encompassing entities or worlds; an alternate or subjective reality. Also: an independent star system, a galaxy (now rare).island, parallel universe, etc.: see the first element. Cf. meta-universe n. and multiverse n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > cosmology > [noun]

cosmology1656

universe1738

cosmosophya1843

the world > the universe > constellation > galaxy > [noun]

galaxy1698

universe1738

star system1833

island-universe1867

nebula1924

supergiant1974

1738 C. Forman tr. J.-P. de Crousaz Comm. Pope's Four Ethic Epist. i. 10 Among all the Ideas which his Intelligence could form of several Universes, one of them..is made so perfect, that the infinite Intelligence could not form the Idea of another that might equal it.

1788 E. King Morsels Crit. I. 85 Certain of those appearances which we call Nebulæ, must be concluded..to be neither more nor less than distinct distant Universes.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. ii. 9 To Newton and to Newton's Dog Diamond, what a different pair of Universes.

1872 J. B. Mozley Miracles (ed. 3) Pref. p. xxvi These two schools of minds live indeed in different universes.

1933 A. S. Eddington Expanding Universe ii. 63 The immediate result of introducing the cosmical term into the law of gravitation was the appearance (in theory) of two universes—the Einstein universe and the de Sitter universe.

1990 R. Morris Edges of Sci. iii. ix. 178 For a brief moment of time, a thin strand of spacetime called a wormhole might connect the two universes.

1997 M. Rees Before Beginning 3 What's conventionally called ‘the universe’ could be just one member of an ensemble. Countless other universes may exist.

a. With of. The cosmos or whole of creation regarded as consisting of or imbued with a specified thing or things; a seemingly limitless or indefinite expanse of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > spreading out > an expanse of something

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1598 F. Meres tr. Luis de Granada Sinners Guyde i. i. 17 According to the pure and simple conceipt of his owne will, he brought foorth into light..this whole vniuerse of things.

1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction iii. ix. 106 Surely there is nothing in this spacious Round or Vniuerse of nature, which more resisteth the execution of lawes.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 622 A Universe of death, which God by curse Created evil.

1879 M. Pattison Milton xiii. 180 In the universe of being the difference between a heliocentric and a geocentric theory is of..small moment.

1916 J. E. Boodin Realistic Universe i. 10 Nature must construct an Æolian harp to vibrate with the universe of tones.

1946 J. Somerville Soviet Philos. v. 171 We live in a universe of change, change which affects all things pervasively and continuously.

1989 I. Stewart Does God play Dice? xii. 261 An ‘ecological niche’ in the universe of chaos.

2001 J. Hamilton-Paterson Loving Monsters (2002) vi. 79 Five kilometres down in a lightless universe of dunes and pillow lava.

b. In extended use; esp. a particular sphere of human activity or experience.† less universe n. Obsolete = microcosm n. 1b; cf. less world n. at less adj., adv., pron., n., and prep. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > immaterial or incorporeal thing > realm or kingdom > sphere or domain of

landc825

kingdomc1390

universe1607

regiona1661

realma1771

1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders Ded. sig. ¶4^v So I do here humbly commend this his World of Wonders..to your honorable protection, that vnder your patronage it may passe to the vniuerse of our Brittish nation.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 456 As..harmless, if not wholsom, as a sneeze To mans less universe .

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at University They are call'd Universities, or Universal Schools, by reason the four Faculties are supposed to make the World or Universe of Study.

1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 30 Into the height of love's rare Universe.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) ii. 62 To trace the associations between the universe of sense and the spiritual life within us.

1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 301/1 The half-pint universe of my laboratory Drosophila, in its quiet incubator, is without doubt a simpler world than this be-jazzed vale in which we carry on.

2000 Transition No. 80. 125/1 In their celebration of gatts, hoes, gleeful nihilism, and crack as the center of their economic universe, these albums darkly display everything people fear about gangsta rap.

a. The world, the earth, esp. considered as the abode of humankind or with reference to human activity. Cf. world n. 6a. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > [noun]

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wonec1275

mound?a1300

wildernessa1340

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lower worlda1398

the whole worlda1513

orba1550

the (also this) globe1553

the earthly globe1553

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the glimpses of the moon1603

universe1630

outer world1661

terrene1667

Orphic egg1684

Midgard1770

all outdoors1833

Planet Earth1858

overworld1911

Spaceship Earth1966

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 134 Such a bridge, that without exception, it may worthily be accounted the admirablest Monument, and firmest erected Collosseum (in that kinde) of all the Vniverse.

1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1720) I. 89 No People in the Universe know better.

1704 (title) The present state of the universe.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 6 A land, perhaps the only one in the universe, in which political or civil liberty is the very end and scope of the constitution.

1791 J. Hampson Mem. J. Wesley III. 96 [Wesley] took the universe for his parish.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 140 Who all our green and azure universe Threatenedst to muffle round with black destruction.

1879 Austral. Grazier's Guide (S. W. Silver & Co.) I. i. 2 He will find in Australia the best policed country in the universe.

1905 J. C. Hedley Wisdom from Above (1934) xiv. 174 The world—the great universe of intelligent man—the kingdoms, the races, the generations, of thinking, seeking, aspiring, and achieving humanity.

b. The inhabitants of the earth; the whole of humankind. Cf. world n. 13. Now chiefly hyperbolical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > [noun]

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man's kinda1200

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deadly?1590

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mannity1621

human race1623

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nations1667

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the species1711

Adamhood1828

Jock Tamson's bairns1832

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Bimana1839

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a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. v. 137 But, O the vanity of humane condition! what all the strength of the Universe could not execute, weakenesse alone hath done it.

1743 S. Johnson Deb. Senate Lilliput in Gentleman's Mag. May 233 That Wisdom..which..the greatest Part of this Universe, will remember with Gratitude.

1774 O. Goldsmith Retaliation 31 Here lies our good Edmund,..Who, born for the Universe,..to party gave up, what was meant for mankind.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. viii. 244 ‘Go to,..thou shalt pay due debt!’ shouts the Universe to them.

1924 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier 8 May 16/4 East High supporters remember the strong rivalry that has caused so many upsets in the past, and are banking on their hopefuls to surprise the universe this weekend.

1998 NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (transcript of PBS TV programme) (Nexis) No. 6230. 11 Aug. The vast majority of the universe is still going to have the old-fashioned analog television set.

5. Chiefly Logic and Mathematics. The totality of things under consideration; all the elements, objects, etc., to which a proposition can refer; a universal set; (Statistics) = population n.¹ 4. Cf. universe of discourse n. at Phrases.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > term of a proposition > [noun] > totality of entities under consideration

universe1849

universe of discourse1854

1849 A. De Morgan in Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 8 380 By not dwelling upon this power of making what we may properly (inventing a new technical name) call the universe of a proposition, or of a name, matter of express definition, all rules remaining the same, writers on logic deprive themselves of much useful illustrations.

1849 A. De Morgan in Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 8 380 Let the universe in question be ‘man’: then Briton and alien are simple contraries.

1898 A. N. Whitehead Treat. Universal Algebra ii. v. 110 If we extend the Universe of self-evident propositions either by some natural or conventional definition, we may extend the conception of conversion.

1939 A. E. Treloar Elements Statist. Reasoning i. 8 Such a type of selective sampling from this universe is wholly impossible.

1975 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 26 37 The universe from which the sample was drawn was all Royal Navy officers stationed in England.

2004 M. Potter Set Theory & its Philos. p. vi I have abandoned the supposition..that the universe of collections contains a sub-universe which has all the sets as members but is nevertheless capable of belonging to other collections..itself.

Phrases

universe of discourse n. chiefly Logic all those objects, elements, etc., that the terms of a proposition may refer to; a universal set; the totality of things under consideration.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > term of a proposition > [noun] > totality of entities under consideration

universe1849

universe of discourse1854

1854 G. Boole Investig. Laws Thought iii. 42 Now, whatever may be the extent of the field within which all the objects of our discourse are found, that field may properly be termed the universe of discourse.

1896 ‘L. Carroll’ Symbolic Logic I. ii. iii. 14 The Genus, of which [the] Terms [of a Proposition] are Species, is called its ‘Universe of Discourse’.

1965 S. Lipschutz Outl. Theory & Probl. Gen. Topol. i. 2 In any application of the theory of sets, all sets under investigation are subsets of a fixed set. We call this set the universal set or universe of discourse.

2004 Jrnl. Operational Res. Soc. 55 343/1 The aim is to build confidence in the results of the model, within the universe of discourse for which it is intended.

Derivatives

ˈuniverseful n. chiefly hyperbolical as much or as many as would fill the universe; frequently in by the universeful.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills other specific things

sheetful?1530

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heavenful1637

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1893 J. Orr Christian View God ix. 374 A whole universefull of other spiritual beings.

1946 Science 25 Oct. 400/1 The law of conservation of mass holds for elementary particles, but I must reserve doubts about this law applying to matter by the beakerful or universeful.

2007 S. Ward Strange Days vii. 118 People had regained their senses after having experienced phenomenal St. Anthony's fire hallucinations by the universeful.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	universe
释义	universen. Brit. /ˈjuːnᵻvəːs/, U.S. /ˈjunəvərs/ Forms: Middle English 1600s– universe, Middle English–1500s vnyuerse, Middle English–1600s vniuerse, 1500s–1600s univers, 1500s–1600s vniuers, 1600s uniuers, 1600s uniuerse, 1600s vnivers, 1600s vniverse; also Scottish pre-1700 vniuers, pre-1700 vnivers, pre-1700 wniuers. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French univers; Latin ūniversum. Etymology: < (i) Middle French univers (French univers ) the whole of creation (c1300 in Old French in en univers ; 1550 in independent use as noun), the inhabited world (1543), the inhabitants of the world (1550), particular sphere of human activity or experience (1552 with reference to the emotional or intellectual domain, 1578 with reference to the material, physical domain), cosmos, system of various planets and stars (1588), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin ūniversum (noun) the whole, the sum of existing things, general idea or principle, universal, use as noun of neuter singular of ūniversus the whole of, entire, complete in all its parts, whole, regarded as a whole, all taken collectively, affecting everyone or everything, general, universal < ūni- uni- comb. form + versus , past participle of vertere to turn (see vert v.¹). Compare Catalan univers (15th cent.), Spanish universo (15th cent.), Portuguese universo (15th cent.), Italian universo (a1313).With in universe at sense 1 compare also classical Latin in ūniversum entirely, altogether, so as to apply universally, without specific application, in general. †1. in universe: universally; so as to include or apply to all. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > of universal application in universea1425 a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Corpus Cambr. 61) (1894) iii. l. 36 Ȝe folke [sc. the gods] a lawe han sette in vniuerse And this knowe I by hem that louers be That who so stryueth with ȝow hath the worse. 1480 Curia Sapiencie (Caxton) sig. aiii Fyrst must man conne hym self reule in degre Efte his houshold, and than in vnyuerse Cyte and Reygne. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 39 Nor could these Lords, high Captains, and Princes, be content to keep this News at Court, yea before the Records thereof were perfected, themselves came down and told it in Universe . View more context for this quotation 2. a. Frequently with capital initial. All existing matter, space, time, energy, etc., regarded collectively, esp. as constituting a systematic or ordered whole; the whole of creation, the cosmos.Early western philosophers followed the Ptolemaic system, which placed the earth at the centre of the universe, and subsequently adopted the Copernican system, with the sun at the centre. Later astronomers established that the sun is just one of many stars in the Milky Way, and hence not central to the universe, and that the Milky Way itself is but one of many galaxies. From the late 20th cent., the most favoured theory in cosmology suggests that the Universe came into existence about 13.7 billion years ago with an explosion from a hot, dense initial state (see big bang n. 1), followed by a continuing and perhaps endless expansion.expanding, observable, oscillating universe, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > [noun] kindlOE worldc1175 framea1325 creaturec1384 universityc1450 engine?1510 universal1569 universality1577 mass1587 universe1589 all1598 cosmosie1600 macrocosm1602 existence1610 system1610 megacosm1617 cosmos1650 materialism1817 world-all1847 panarchy1848 multiverse1895 metaverse1994 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xi. 81 The Roundell or Spheare..for his ample capacitie doth resemble the world or vniuers. 1596 E. Spenser Fowre Hymnes 31 Looke on the frame Of this wyde vniuerse, and therein reed The endlesse kinds of creatures. 1611 B. Jonson Catiline i. sig. C4 O, for a clap of thunder now, as loud, As to be heard through-out the Vniuerse . View more context for this quotation 1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 20 in Poems Dull Earth with his own weight did downwards pierce To the fixt Navel of the Universe. 1735 B. Martin Philos. Gram. 10 Cosmology..treats of..the Universe in general, and particularly of our solar System. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature I. 149 That active power of Nature which fills the Universe. 1817 Ld. Byron Manfred ii. ii. 111 She had..The quest of hidden knowledge, and a mind To comprehend the universe. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh v. 226 If the Iliad fell out..By mere fortuitous concourse of old songs, We'll guess as much, too, for the universe. 1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 216 The same sense of the puniness of man in the centre of a cruel and frowning universe. 1907 J. R. Illingworth Doctr. Trinity x. 196 On the other hand, we may..think of God as dwelling in the universe, without in any way transcending it. a1933 J. Galsworthy End of Chapter (1934) iii. xxv. 773 One's alone from birth to death, except for that fine old companion the Universe—of which one is the microcosm. 1950 F. Hoyle Nature of Universe v. 102 One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion. 1995 V. Chandra Red Earth & Pouring Rain (1996) 85 The brahmins say..at the end of each Period the universe is destroyed and re-created. 2007 Astron. & Geophysics Feb. 10/2 Normal matter has a very low gravitational opacity; the universe is largely transparent to gravitational waves. b. With plural. A hypothetical or imagined cosmos with particular distinguishing properties; each of a number of possible all-encompassing entities or worlds; an alternate or subjective reality. Also: an independent star system, a galaxy (now rare).island, parallel universe, etc.: see the first element. Cf. meta-universe n. and multiverse n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > [noun] cosmology1656 universe1738 cosmosophya1843 the world > the universe > constellation > galaxy > [noun] galaxy1698 universe1738 star system1833 island-universe1867 nebula1924 supergiant1974 1738 C. Forman tr. J.-P. de Crousaz Comm. Pope's Four Ethic Epist. i. 10 Among all the Ideas which his Intelligence could form of several Universes, one of them..is made so perfect, that the infinite Intelligence could not form the Idea of another that might equal it. 1788 E. King Morsels Crit. I. 85 Certain of those appearances which we call Nebulæ, must be concluded..to be neither more nor less than distinct distant Universes. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. ii. 9 To Newton and to Newton's Dog Diamond, what a different pair of Universes. 1872 J. B. Mozley Miracles (ed. 3) Pref. p. xxvi These two schools of minds live indeed in different universes. 1933 A. S. Eddington Expanding Universe ii. 63 The immediate result of introducing the cosmical term into the law of gravitation was the appearance (in theory) of two universes—the Einstein universe and the de Sitter universe. 1990 R. Morris Edges of Sci. iii. ix. 178 For a brief moment of time, a thin strand of spacetime called a wormhole might connect the two universes. 1997 M. Rees Before Beginning 3 What's conventionally called ‘the universe’ could be just one member of an ensemble. Countless other universes may exist. 3. a. With of. The cosmos or whole of creation regarded as consisting of or imbued with a specified thing or things; a seemingly limitless or indefinite expanse of something. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > spreading out > an expanse of something spacea1382 widenessa1382 continuance1398 field1547 sheet1593 universe1598 main1609 reach1610 expansion1611 extent1627 champaign1656 fetch1662 mass1662 expanse1667 spread1712 run1719 width1733 acre1759 sweep1767 contiguity1785 extension1786 stretch1829 breadths1839 outspread1847 outstretch1858 1598 F. Meres tr. Luis de Granada Sinners Guyde i. i. 17 According to the pure and simple conceipt of his owne will, he brought foorth into light..this whole vniuerse of things. 1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction iii. ix. 106 Surely there is nothing in this spacious Round or Vniuerse of nature, which more resisteth the execution of lawes. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 622 A Universe of death, which God by curse Created evil. View more context for this quotation 1879 M. Pattison Milton xiii. 180 In the universe of being the difference between a heliocentric and a geocentric theory is of..small moment. 1916 J. E. Boodin Realistic Universe i. 10 Nature must construct an Æolian harp to vibrate with the universe of tones. 1946 J. Somerville Soviet Philos. v. 171 We live in a universe of change, change which affects all things pervasively and continuously. 1989 I. Stewart Does God play Dice? xii. 261 An ‘ecological niche’ in the universe of chaos. 2001 J. Hamilton-Paterson Loving Monsters (2002) vi. 79 Five kilometres down in a lightless universe of dunes and pillow lava. b. In extended use; esp. a particular sphere of human activity or experience.† less universe n. Obsolete = microcosm n. 1b; cf. less world n. at less adj., adv., pron., n., and prep. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > immaterial or incorporeal thing > realm or kingdom > sphere or domain of landc825 kingdomc1390 universe1607 regiona1661 realma1771 1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders Ded. sig. ¶4^v So I do here humbly commend this his World of Wonders..to your honorable protection, that vnder your patronage it may passe to the vniuerse of our Brittish nation. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 456 As..harmless, if not wholsom, as a sneeze To mans less universe . View more context for this quotation 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at University They are call'd Universities, or Universal Schools, by reason the four Faculties are supposed to make the World or Universe of Study. 1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 30 Into the height of love's rare Universe. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) ii. 62 To trace the associations between the universe of sense and the spiritual life within us. 1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 301/1 The half-pint universe of my laboratory Drosophila, in its quiet incubator, is without doubt a simpler world than this be-jazzed vale in which we carry on. 2000 Transition No. 80. 125/1 In their celebration of gatts, hoes, gleeful nihilism, and crack as the center of their economic universe, these albums darkly display everything people fear about gangsta rap. 4. a. The world, the earth, esp. considered as the abode of humankind or with reference to human activity. Cf. world n. 6a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > [noun] all the worldeOE mouldOE worldOE earthOE earthricheOE foldOE worldricheOE motherOE wonec1275 mound?a1300 wildernessa1340 mappemondea1393 lower worlda1398 the whole worlda1513 orba1550 the (also this) globe1553 the earthly globe1553 mother earth1568 the glimpses of the moon1603 universe1630 outer world1661 terrene1667 Orphic egg1684 Midgard1770 all outdoors1833 Planet Earth1858 overworld1911 Spaceship Earth1966 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 134 Such a bridge, that without exception, it may worthily be accounted the admirablest Monument, and firmest erected Collosseum (in that kinde) of all the Vniverse. 1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1720) I. 89 No People in the Universe know better. 1704 (title) The present state of the universe. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 6 A land, perhaps the only one in the universe, in which political or civil liberty is the very end and scope of the constitution. 1791 J. Hampson Mem. J. Wesley III. 96 [Wesley] took the universe for his parish. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 140 Who all our green and azure universe Threatenedst to muffle round with black destruction. 1879 Austral. Grazier's Guide (S. W. Silver & Co.) I. i. 2 He will find in Australia the best policed country in the universe. 1905 J. C. Hedley Wisdom from Above (1934) xiv. 174 The world—the great universe of intelligent man—the kingdoms, the races, the generations, of thinking, seeking, aspiring, and achieving humanity. b. The inhabitants of the earth; the whole of humankind. Cf. world n. 13. Now chiefly hyperbolical. ΘΚΠ the world > people > [noun] maneOE worldOE all fleshc1000 mankinOE earthOE little worldc1175 man's kinda1200 mankinda1225 worldrichec1275 slimec1315 kindc1325 world1340 sectc1400 humanityc1450 microcosma1475 peoplea1500 the human kindred?1533 race1553 homo1561 humankind1561 universality1561 deadly?1590 mortality1598 rational1601 vicegerent1601 small world1604 flesh and blooda1616 mannity1621 human race1623 universea1645 nations1667 public1699 the species1711 Adamhood1828 Jock Tamson's bairns1832 folx1833 Bimana1839 human1841 peeps1847 menfolk1870 manfolk1876 amniota1879 peoplekind1956 personkind1972 a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. v. 137 But, O the vanity of humane condition! what all the strength of the Universe could not execute, weakenesse alone hath done it. 1743 S. Johnson Deb. Senate Lilliput in Gentleman's Mag. May 233 That Wisdom..which..the greatest Part of this Universe, will remember with Gratitude. 1774 O. Goldsmith Retaliation 31 Here lies our good Edmund,..Who, born for the Universe,..to party gave up, what was meant for mankind. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. viii. 244 ‘Go to,..thou shalt pay due debt!’ shouts the Universe to them. 1924 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier 8 May 16/4 East High supporters remember the strong rivalry that has caused so many upsets in the past, and are banking on their hopefuls to surprise the universe this weekend. 1998 NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (transcript of PBS TV programme) (Nexis) No. 6230. 11 Aug. The vast majority of the universe is still going to have the old-fashioned analog television set. 5. Chiefly Logic and Mathematics. The totality of things under consideration; all the elements, objects, etc., to which a proposition can refer; a universal set; (Statistics) = population n.¹ 4. Cf. universe of discourse n. at Phrases. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > term of a proposition > [noun] > totality of entities under consideration universe1849 universe of discourse1854 1849 A. De Morgan in Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 8 380 By not dwelling upon this power of making what we may properly (inventing a new technical name) call the universe of a proposition, or of a name, matter of express definition, all rules remaining the same, writers on logic deprive themselves of much useful illustrations. 1849 A. De Morgan in Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 8 380 Let the universe in question be ‘man’: then Briton and alien are simple contraries. 1898 A. N. Whitehead Treat. Universal Algebra ii. v. 110 If we extend the Universe of self-evident propositions either by some natural or conventional definition, we may extend the conception of conversion. 1939 A. E. Treloar Elements Statist. Reasoning i. 8 Such a type of selective sampling from this universe is wholly impossible. 1975 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 26 37 The universe from which the sample was drawn was all Royal Navy officers stationed in England. 2004 M. Potter Set Theory & its Philos. p. vi I have abandoned the supposition..that the universe of collections contains a sub-universe which has all the sets as members but is nevertheless capable of belonging to other collections..itself. Phrases universe of discourse n. chiefly Logic all those objects, elements, etc., that the terms of a proposition may refer to; a universal set; the totality of things under consideration. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > term of a proposition > [noun] > totality of entities under consideration universe1849 universe of discourse1854 1854 G. Boole Investig. Laws Thought iii. 42 Now, whatever may be the extent of the field within which all the objects of our discourse are found, that field may properly be termed the universe of discourse. 1896 ‘L. Carroll’ Symbolic Logic I. ii. iii. 14 The Genus, of which [the] Terms [of a Proposition] are Species, is called its ‘Universe of Discourse’. 1965 S. Lipschutz Outl. Theory & Probl. Gen. Topol. i. 2 In any application of the theory of sets, all sets under investigation are subsets of a fixed set. We call this set the universal set or universe of discourse. 2004 Jrnl. Operational Res. Soc. 55 343/1 The aim is to build confidence in the results of the model, within the universe of discourse for which it is intended. Derivatives ˈuniverseful n. chiefly hyperbolical as much or as many as would fill the universe; frequently in by the universeful. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills other specific things sheetful?1530 streetful1595 rangeful1603 stringful1611 heavenful1637 hellful1637 skyful1645 gardenful1651 paperful1722 ropeful1726 notchful1733 breathful1815 cityful1826 forestful1832 worldful1835 treeful1837 spongeful1867 stackful1868 balloonful1870 fairful1872 socketful1872 valleyful1890 universeful1893 slingful1913 pawful1925 1893 J. Orr Christian View God ix. 374 A whole universefull of other spiritual beings. 1946 Science 25 Oct. 400/1 The law of conservation of mass holds for elementary particles, but I must reserve doubts about this law applying to matter by the beakerful or universeful. 2007 S. Ward Strange Days vii. 118 People had regained their senses after having experienced phenomenal St. Anthony's fire hallucinations by the universeful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1425
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