universenoun
uk/ˈjuː.nɪ.vɜːs/us/ˈjuː.nə.vɝːs/B1 [ S ] everything that exists, especially all physical matter, including all the stars, planets, galaxies, etc. in space:
Is there intelligent life elsewhere in the universe?
[ C ] a universe that could be imagined to exist outside our own:
Scientists have speculated about the possibility of parallel universes.
[ S ] the world, or the world that you are familiar with:
The characters in his novels inhabit a bleak and hopeless universe.
His family is his whole universe (= everything that is important to him).
More examples
- We have advanced greatly in our knowledge of the universe.
- This book finally explodes some of the myths about the origin of the universe.
- The universe is theoretically infinite.
- There are several schools of thought about how the universe began.
- Throughout history, people have been intrigued by the question of whether there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The Earth & outer space - general words
- ablate
- biophilia
- cosmologist
- cosmology
- eolian
- ether
- evapotranspiration
- geo-
- geocentric
- globe
- heaven
- landslide
- macrocosm
- mid-air
- slide
- terra firma
- terrestrial
- the cosmos
- the mesosphere
- the troposphere
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