Definition of universe in English:

universe

noun ˈjuːnɪvəːsˈjunəˌvərs

1the universeAll existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos. The universe is believed to be at least 10 billion light years in diameter and contains a vast number of galaxies; it has been expanding since its creation in the Big Bang about 13 billion years ago.
Example sentencesExamples
- Many people want to find God in the creation of the universe, in the big bang that started it all off.
- For a few millennia after the Big Bang, the universe was dense, turbulent, and unimaginably hot.
- At the moment they believe the universe to be expanding, or contracting, or both.
- In the initial stages of the big bang the universe existed in a highly compressed state.
- He remembered clearly looking back at the stars, glinting at him across a million light years of the universe.
- So the question then is how much information has the universe processed since the Big Bang?
- Others believe that the universe was created as a whole by a single all-powerful entity.
- Light from the object began its long journey across space when the universe was less than a billion years old.
- Among the many mysteries in the universe is the dark matter in galaxies and clusters.
- Theory predicts that there is five times more dark matter than ordinary matter in the universe.
- Here he describes how black holes might spawn new universes.
- This implied that the universe was expanding and led the way to the Big Bang theory.
- They want to believe the universe is an elegant universe-and it's not so elegant.
- If the universe is expanding at any time and is closed, the expansion will slow down in the future.
- If you really believe that the universe is infinite than you must also accept that godlike things will exist.
- The basic idea behind inflation is that a repulsive form of gravity caused the universe to expand.
- You can see this very clearly in the physical sciences - do we have one universe or parallel universes?
- Why can't we believe that the universe is infinite, both in size and duration?
- In the universe matter and physical space are in permanent dynamic equilibrium.
- Instead, the earth was envisaged as one planet amongst the vast, empty time and space of the universe.
Synonyms
cosmos, macrocosm, totality, whole world, Creation, (outer) space, the heavens, the firmament
infinity, all existence
2A particular sphere of activity or experience.
the front parlour was the hub of her universe
Example sentencesExamples
- These fashion universes are not parallel, but keep in constant touch with one another.
- Some of these are small enough in our moral universes to almost vanish.
- It's like she and I are in two entirely different universes, and it's hard for us to relate.
- It could work in the same way that comic books bridge universes, so to speak.
- All movement between universes is closely monitored, trespassing is severely punished.
- Artists began illustrating their own, internal worlds, creating their own universes.
- Both the material and metaphysical universes of the indigenous people were turned upside down.
- Are we to consider our own dreams as the raw material to be understood as the basis of our own closed universes?
- I knew that Truth was peace and joy and I knew it was effortless, but thinking this and experiencing this are universes apart.
- And this is not exactly rocket science because the survey universes are clearly different.
- We try and create universes in which we constantly ask ourselves how much we really want to show and how much we want to leave in the dark.
- Second, the five core features do not inhabit separate universes.
- We cannot help but sense that we are trespassing on a hundred very private, vanished universes.
- They spiced up our holiday and enabled us to discover their universes and their cultures, familial and national.
- In an elegant book, these parallel universes are the sole source of irritation.
- After all, they come not merely of different worlds, but, in effect, different universes.
- Already, we are worlds away from the universes of The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing.
- It was as though the two men inhabited completely un-related moral universes.
- Flynn remembers meeting them in a challenge game a few years back in Ballymun but aside from that they have inhabited separate universes.
Synonyms
province, world, sphere, preserve, domain, circle, milieu, territory, quarter
3
another term for universal set
Example sentencesExamples
- In such a universe of discourse, one opinion is as good as another since none has foundations any stronger than the claims offered by each other's rhetorical cheering squads, thus leaving everything ‘indeterminate.’
- Also challenged is the view that conversion entails changes in the beliefs, values, identities, and the universe of discourse of individuals.
- Similarly, one can prove the consistency of predicate logic (or the pure epsilon calculus), by specializing to interpretations where the universe of discourse has a single element.
- As with the term ‘evidence’ as used to describe the material before the delegates, it seems to be borrowed from the universe of discourse which has civil litigation as its subject.
- This arrangement, however, has the unusual feature that, for every grammatical subject of such a universally quantified sentence, there will be a different universe of discourse.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French univers or Latin universum, neuter of universus 'combined into one, whole', from uni- 'one' + versus 'turned' (past participle of vertere).

Definition of universe in US English:

universe

nounˈyo͞onəˌvərsˈjunəˌvərs

the universe

1All existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos. The universe is believed to be at least 10 billion light years in diameter and contains a vast number of galaxies; it has been expanding since its creation in the Big Bang about 13 billion years ago.
Example sentencesExamples
- If you really believe that the universe is infinite than you must also accept that godlike things will exist.
- At the moment they believe the universe to be expanding, or contracting, or both.
- So the question then is how much information has the universe processed since the Big Bang?
- Theory predicts that there is five times more dark matter than ordinary matter in the universe.
- They want to believe the universe is an elegant universe-and it's not so elegant.
- Light from the object began its long journey across space when the universe was less than a billion years old.
- If the universe is expanding at any time and is closed, the expansion will slow down in the future.
- Instead, the earth was envisaged as one planet amongst the vast, empty time and space of the universe.
- For a few millennia after the Big Bang, the universe was dense, turbulent, and unimaginably hot.
- Among the many mysteries in the universe is the dark matter in galaxies and clusters.
- Here he describes how black holes might spawn new universes.
- In the initial stages of the big bang the universe existed in a highly compressed state.
- Many people want to find God in the creation of the universe, in the big bang that started it all off.
- In the universe matter and physical space are in permanent dynamic equilibrium.
- He remembered clearly looking back at the stars, glinting at him across a million light years of the universe.
- The basic idea behind inflation is that a repulsive form of gravity caused the universe to expand.
- Others believe that the universe was created as a whole by a single all-powerful entity.
- Why can't we believe that the universe is infinite, both in size and duration?
- You can see this very clearly in the physical sciences - do we have one universe or parallel universes?
- This implied that the universe was expanding and led the way to the Big Bang theory.
Synonyms
cosmos, macrocosm, totality, whole world, creation, space, outer space, the heavens, the firmament
1. 1.1 A particular sphere of activity, interest, or experience.
  the front parlor was the hub of her universe
  Example sentencesExamples
  In an elegant book, these parallel universes are the sole source of irritation.
  Some of these are small enough in our moral universes to almost vanish.
  We cannot help but sense that we are trespassing on a hundred very private, vanished universes.
  It could work in the same way that comic books bridge universes, so to speak.
  Are we to consider our own dreams as the raw material to be understood as the basis of our own closed universes?
  After all, they come not merely of different worlds, but, in effect, different universes.
  Second, the five core features do not inhabit separate universes.
  And this is not exactly rocket science because the survey universes are clearly different.
  It's like she and I are in two entirely different universes, and it's hard for us to relate.
  I knew that Truth was peace and joy and I knew it was effortless, but thinking this and experiencing this are universes apart.
  These fashion universes are not parallel, but keep in constant touch with one another.
  It was as though the two men inhabited completely un-related moral universes.
  We try and create universes in which we constantly ask ourselves how much we really want to show and how much we want to leave in the dark.
  Flynn remembers meeting them in a challenge game a few years back in Ballymun but aside from that they have inhabited separate universes.
  Artists began illustrating their own, internal worlds, creating their own universes.
  All movement between universes is closely monitored, trespassing is severely punished.
  Both the material and metaphysical universes of the indigenous people were turned upside down.
  They spiced up our holiday and enabled us to discover their universes and their cultures, familial and national.
  Already, we are worlds away from the universes of The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing.
  Synonyms
  province, world, sphere, preserve, domain, circle, milieu, territory, quarter
2. 1.2
  another term for universal set
  Example sentencesExamples
  Similarly, one can prove the consistency of predicate logic (or the pure epsilon calculus), by specializing to interpretations where the universe of discourse has a single element.
  As with the term ‘evidence’ as used to describe the material before the delegates, it seems to be borrowed from the universe of discourse which has civil litigation as its subject.
  Also challenged is the view that conversion entails changes in the beliefs, values, identities, and the universe of discourse of individuals.
  In such a universe of discourse, one opinion is as good as another since none has foundations any stronger than the claims offered by each other's rhetorical cheering squads, thus leaving everything ‘indeterminate.’
  This arrangement, however, has the unusual feature that, for every grammatical subject of such a universally quantified sentence, there will be a different universe of discourse.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French univers or Latin universum, neuter of universus ‘combined into one, whole’, from uni- ‘one’ + versus ‘turned’ (past participle of vertere).

单词	universe
释义	Definition of universe in English: universe noun ˈjuːnɪvəːsˈjunəˌvərs 1the universeAll existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos. The universe is believed to be at least 10 billion light years in diameter and contains a vast number of galaxies; it has been expanding since its creation in the Big Bang about 13 billion years ago. Example sentencesExamples Many people want to find God in the creation of the universe, in the big bang that started it all off. For a few millennia after the Big Bang, the universe was dense, turbulent, and unimaginably hot. At the moment they believe the universe to be expanding, or contracting, or both. In the initial stages of the big bang the universe existed in a highly compressed state. He remembered clearly looking back at the stars, glinting at him across a million light years of the universe. So the question then is how much information has the universe processed since the Big Bang? Others believe that the universe was created as a whole by a single all-powerful entity. Light from the object began its long journey across space when the universe was less than a billion years old. Among the many mysteries in the universe is the dark matter in galaxies and clusters. Theory predicts that there is five times more dark matter than ordinary matter in the universe. Here he describes how black holes might spawn new universes. This implied that the universe was expanding and led the way to the Big Bang theory. They want to believe the universe is an elegant universe-and it's not so elegant. If the universe is expanding at any time and is closed, the expansion will slow down in the future. If you really believe that the universe is infinite than you must also accept that godlike things will exist. The basic idea behind inflation is that a repulsive form of gravity caused the universe to expand. You can see this very clearly in the physical sciences - do we have one universe or parallel universes? Why can't we believe that the universe is infinite, both in size and duration? In the universe matter and physical space are in permanent dynamic equilibrium. Instead, the earth was envisaged as one planet amongst the vast, empty time and space of the universe. Synonyms cosmos, macrocosm, totality, whole world, Creation, (outer) space, the heavens, the firmament infinity, all existence 2A particular sphere of activity or experience. the front parlour was the hub of her universe Example sentencesExamples These fashion universes are not parallel, but keep in constant touch with one another. Some of these are small enough in our moral universes to almost vanish. It's like she and I are in two entirely different universes, and it's hard for us to relate. It could work in the same way that comic books bridge universes, so to speak. All movement between universes is closely monitored, trespassing is severely punished. Artists began illustrating their own, internal worlds, creating their own universes. Both the material and metaphysical universes of the indigenous people were turned upside down. Are we to consider our own dreams as the raw material to be understood as the basis of our own closed universes? I knew that Truth was peace and joy and I knew it was effortless, but thinking this and experiencing this are universes apart. And this is not exactly rocket science because the survey universes are clearly different. We try and create universes in which we constantly ask ourselves how much we really want to show and how much we want to leave in the dark. Second, the five core features do not inhabit separate universes. We cannot help but sense that we are trespassing on a hundred very private, vanished universes. They spiced up our holiday and enabled us to discover their universes and their cultures, familial and national. In an elegant book, these parallel universes are the sole source of irritation. After all, they come not merely of different worlds, but, in effect, different universes. Already, we are worlds away from the universes of The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing. It was as though the two men inhabited completely un-related moral universes. Flynn remembers meeting them in a challenge game a few years back in Ballymun but aside from that they have inhabited separate universes. Synonyms province, world, sphere, preserve, domain, circle, milieu, territory, quarter 3 another term for universal set Example sentencesExamples In such a universe of discourse, one opinion is as good as another since none has foundations any stronger than the claims offered by each other's rhetorical cheering squads, thus leaving everything ‘indeterminate.’ Also challenged is the view that conversion entails changes in the beliefs, values, identities, and the universe of discourse of individuals. Similarly, one can prove the consistency of predicate logic (or the pure epsilon calculus), by specializing to interpretations where the universe of discourse has a single element. As with the term ‘evidence’ as used to describe the material before the delegates, it seems to be borrowed from the universe of discourse which has civil litigation as its subject. This arrangement, however, has the unusual feature that, for every grammatical subject of such a universally quantified sentence, there will be a different universe of discourse. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French univers or Latin universum, neuter of universus 'combined into one, whole', from uni- 'one' + versus 'turned' (past participle of vertere). Definition of universe in US English: universe nounˈyo͞onəˌvərsˈjunəˌvərs the universe 1All existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos. The universe is believed to be at least 10 billion light years in diameter and contains a vast number of galaxies; it has been expanding since its creation in the Big Bang about 13 billion years ago. Example sentencesExamples If you really believe that the universe is infinite than you must also accept that godlike things will exist. At the moment they believe the universe to be expanding, or contracting, or both. So the question then is how much information has the universe processed since the Big Bang? Theory predicts that there is five times more dark matter than ordinary matter in the universe. They want to believe the universe is an elegant universe-and it's not so elegant. Light from the object began its long journey across space when the universe was less than a billion years old. If the universe is expanding at any time and is closed, the expansion will slow down in the future. Instead, the earth was envisaged as one planet amongst the vast, empty time and space of the universe. For a few millennia after the Big Bang, the universe was dense, turbulent, and unimaginably hot. Among the many mysteries in the universe is the dark matter in galaxies and clusters. Here he describes how black holes might spawn new universes. In the initial stages of the big bang the universe existed in a highly compressed state. Many people want to find God in the creation of the universe, in the big bang that started it all off. In the universe matter and physical space are in permanent dynamic equilibrium. He remembered clearly looking back at the stars, glinting at him across a million light years of the universe. The basic idea behind inflation is that a repulsive form of gravity caused the universe to expand. Others believe that the universe was created as a whole by a single all-powerful entity. Why can't we believe that the universe is infinite, both in size and duration? You can see this very clearly in the physical sciences - do we have one universe or parallel universes? This implied that the universe was expanding and led the way to the Big Bang theory. Synonyms cosmos, macrocosm, totality, whole world, creation, space, outer space, the heavens, the firmament 1.1 A particular sphere of activity, interest, or experience. the front parlor was the hub of her universe Example sentencesExamples In an elegant book, these parallel universes are the sole source of irritation. Some of these are small enough in our moral universes to almost vanish. We cannot help but sense that we are trespassing on a hundred very private, vanished universes. It could work in the same way that comic books bridge universes, so to speak. Are we to consider our own dreams as the raw material to be understood as the basis of our own closed universes? After all, they come not merely of different worlds, but, in effect, different universes. Second, the five core features do not inhabit separate universes. And this is not exactly rocket science because the survey universes are clearly different. It's like she and I are in two entirely different universes, and it's hard for us to relate. I knew that Truth was peace and joy and I knew it was effortless, but thinking this and experiencing this are universes apart. These fashion universes are not parallel, but keep in constant touch with one another. It was as though the two men inhabited completely un-related moral universes. We try and create universes in which we constantly ask ourselves how much we really want to show and how much we want to leave in the dark. Flynn remembers meeting them in a challenge game a few years back in Ballymun but aside from that they have inhabited separate universes. Artists began illustrating their own, internal worlds, creating their own universes. All movement between universes is closely monitored, trespassing is severely punished. Both the material and metaphysical universes of the indigenous people were turned upside down. They spiced up our holiday and enabled us to discover their universes and their cultures, familial and national. Already, we are worlds away from the universes of The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing. Synonyms province, world, sphere, preserve, domain, circle, milieu, territory, quarter 1.2 another term for universal set Example sentencesExamples Similarly, one can prove the consistency of predicate logic (or the pure epsilon calculus), by specializing to interpretations where the universe of discourse has a single element. As with the term ‘evidence’ as used to describe the material before the delegates, it seems to be borrowed from the universe of discourse which has civil litigation as its subject. Also challenged is the view that conversion entails changes in the beliefs, values, identities, and the universe of discourse of individuals. In such a universe of discourse, one opinion is as good as another since none has foundations any stronger than the claims offered by each other's rhetorical cheering squads, thus leaving everything ‘indeterminate.’ This arrangement, however, has the unusual feature that, for every grammatical subject of such a universally quantified sentence, there will be a different universe of discourse. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French univers or Latin universum, neuter of universus ‘combined into one, whole’, from uni- ‘one’ + versus ‘turned’ (past participle of vertere).
随便看	single-line single malt single-malt whiskey single malt whisky single market single-minded singleminded single-minded about single-mindedly single-mindedly singlemindedly single-mindedness single-mindedness singlemindedness single money singleness singleness singlenesses singleness of purpose single nucleotide polymorphism single-o single out single parent single parents single-party