including or covering all without limit or exception
present or occurring everywhere or under all conditions
including a major part or the greatest portion of a whole
universal practices
said of a proposition in logic: affirming or denying something about every member of a class: compare particular1 (5)
‘No man knows everything’ is a universal negative
adapted or adjustable to meet varied requirements, e.g. of use, shape, or size
universality /-ʹsaliti/ noun
universally adv
[Middle English via French from Latin universalis, from universum: see universe]