universe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: universe	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for universe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
universe n everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" Synonym(s): universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" Synonym(s): population, universe everything stated or assumed in a given discussion Synonym(s): universe, universe of discourse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Universe \U"niverse\, n. [L. universum, from universus universal; unus one + vertere, versum, to turn, that is, turned into one, combined into one whole; cf. F. univers. See {One}, and {Verse}.] All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the [?] [?] of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation. How may I Adore thee, Author of this universe* And all this good to man! --Milton.