universe

Meanings

Proper Noun

• Alternate spelling of Universe; Our universe.

Noun

• The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.
• An entity similar to our universe; one component of a larger entity known as the multiverse.
• Everything under consideration.
• A sample taken from the population.
• An imaginary collection of worlds.
• A collection of stories with characters and settings that are less interrelated than those of sequels or prequels.
• A whole world, in the sense of perspective or social setting.
• The Earth, the sphere of the world.

Origin

• From Middle English universe, from Old French univers, from Latin universum, neuter of universus, from uni-, combining form of unus + versus, perfect passive participle of vertō.