universe

  1. Proper noun.  The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.
  2. Noun.  The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself; same as the Universe.
  3. Noun.  An entity similar to our Universe; one component of a larger entity known as the multiverse.
  4. Noun.  Everything under consideration.
  5. Noun.  An imaginary collection of worlds.
  6. Noun.  Intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.