Nature in the abstract or viewed collectively. Frequently in course, n., law of kind at law, n.1 9c. The phenomena of the physical world…

The material universe; the cosmos; (also rarely) a system of celestial objects. Also figurative. Chiefly with the.

The universe, the heavens, the earth, or any part of it, regarded as a structure. Now archaic.

The created universe; creation. Obsolete.

The whole world; the universe. Cf. universality, n. 6b. Obsolete.

The universe, or a particular division of it, considered as a working system. Frequently in engine of the world. Obsolete.

The universe. Obsolete.

The whole world; the universe. Cf. university, n. 2c. Obsolete.

The created universe; the earth. Obsolete.

Frequently with capital initial. All existing matter, space, time, energy, etc., regarded collectively, esp. as constituting a systematic or ordered…

With a determiner, esp. the. Cf. all of all n. at phrases 22. The universe, the macrocosm; the whole of nature or existence.

= cosmos, n.1

The universe (opposed to microcosm); the world of all nature.

concrete. All that exists; the aggregate of being.

The whole scheme of created things, the universe. Obsolete.

= macrocosm, n.

The world or universe as an ordered and harmonious system.

concrete. The system of material things; the material universe. Obsolete. rare.

the world considered as a unit; the universe.

A universal realm.

The universe considered as lacking order or a single ruling and guiding power.

= meta-universe, n. 1.