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universal u·ni·ver·sal

Spelling: [yoo-nuh-vur-suh l]

IPA: /ˌyu nəˈvɜr səl/

Universal is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 697 anagrams from letters in universal (aeilnrsuv).

Definitions for universal

noun

1. something that may be applied throughout the universe to many things, usually thought of as an entity that can be in many places at the same time.
2. a trait, characteristic, or property, as distinguished from a particular individual or event, that can be possessed in common, as the care of a mother for her young.
3. Logic. a universal proposition.
4. Philosophy. a general term or concept or the generic nature that such a term signifies; a Platonic idea or Aristotelian form. an entity that remains unchanged in character in a series of changes or changing relations. Hegelianism. concrete universal.
5. language universal.
6. Machinery. universal joint.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of all or the whole:
2. applicable everywhere or in all cases; general:
3. affecting, concerning, or involving all:
4. used or understood by all:
5. present everywhere:
6. versed in or embracing many or all skills, branches of learning, etc.:
7. of or relating to the universe, all nature, or all existing things:
8. characterizing all or most members of a class; generic.
9. Logic. (of a proposition) asserted of every member of a class.
10. Linguistics. found in all languages or belonging to the human language faculty.
11. Machinery. noting any of various machines, tools, or devices widely adaptable in position, range of use, etc.
12. Metalworking. (of metal plates and shapes) rolled in a universal mill. (of a rolling mill or rolling method) having or employing vertical edging rolls.

Origin of universal

1325-75; Middle English universel (adj.) Middle French Latin ūniversālis. See universe, -al¹

Examples for universal

Tosi has been using cereal milk as a flavor ever since 2007, and she says it taps into a universal “memory sensor.”

I'm to be at his universal bungalow at twelve-thirty for lunch, to meet him for the first time, going to see a man about a job.

If it be possible for so universal a lover to be confined so long to one object?

“I care about what the universal sense of the film is,” she says.

I took still another when I added the truth of universal Love.

But from the outset the plan was received with universal favor.

The universal is too great to be measured and doled in that way.

The last arm of the bill is universal e-prescribing for all prescriptions.

It came, to some degree, with the realisation that the universal Thought must be with me.

Most people know the universal Life Church as a quick and easy place to get ordained without leaving your couch.