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| u·ni·ver·sal [ ynə vúrss'l ] |
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1. relating to whole world: relating to, affecting, or accepted by the whole world
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2. relating to universe: relating to the universe or everything
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3. relating to those in particular group: relating to, affecting, or including everyone in a group or situation
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4. used by everyone: used or understood by everyone
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5. applicable to all: applicable to all situations or purposes
  a universal solution
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6. present everywhere: present or prevalent everywhere
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7. knowledgeable: knowledgeable about or encompassing extensive skills, interests, activities, or subjects
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8. adaptable to different sizes: adaptable to many uses or sizes
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9. logic affirming or denying every member: relating to a proposition that is true or false of every member of a class or group
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noun (plural u·ni·ver·sals) |
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1. common characteristic: a characteristic or behavior pattern common to everyone or all the people in a particular group or situation
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2. logic proposition applying to all members: a proposition that is true or false for all members of a class or group
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3. philosophy general term or concept: a general term or concept, or the thing that it denotes
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4. philosophy unchanging metaphysical entity: a metaphysical entity that remains unchanged in character through a series of changing relations
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5. philosophy Platonic idea or Aristotelian form: a Platonic idea or Aristotelian form
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6. linguistics grammatical characteristic common to all languages: an actual or possible characteristic common to the grammatical description of all human languages
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