universe

/ˈjuːnəˌvɝːs/

nounu · ni · verse

Think: "YOU + KNEE + VERSE"—the YOU-knee-verse is everything you can imagine.

Yes, it's universe. Don’t drop the second “e”: it’s uni + verse, and it ends with “-verse,” not “-vers.”

Definitions

  1. nounall of space and everything in it, including stars, planets, and galaxies
  2. nouna particular world of experience or activity (e.g., the universe of sports)

Examples

  • Scientists study the universe to learn how stars and galaxies form.
  • In our story, the hero travels across the universe in a small spaceship.
  • Cooking shows opened up a whole new universe of ideas for me.

Synonyms

cosmosspacecreationworldmacrocosm

Antonyms

nothingness

Translations

ES universoPT universoFR univers

Common misspellings

univerceunivurseuniverzeuniveres

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