universal
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Latin universum (“‘universe’”).
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)səl
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universal (comparative more universal, superlative most universal)
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- Of or pertaining to the universe.
- Common to all members of a group or class.
- 1922, Henry Ford, My Life and Work:
- I had been planning every day through these years toward a universal car.
- 1911, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:
- In Logic, the letter A is used as a symbol for the universal affirmative proposition in the general form "all x is y."
- 1922, Henry Ford, My Life and Work:
- Useful for many purposes, e.g., universal wrench.
- Cosmic; unlimited; vast; infinite
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useful for many purposes
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[edit] See also
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- universal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- universal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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universal (plural universals)
- (philosophy) A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.
- 1912, Bertrand Russel, The Problems of Philosophy, Chapter 9:
- When we examine common words, we find that, broadly speaking, proper names stand for particulars, while other substantives, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs stand for universals.
- 1912, Bertrand Russel, The Problems of Philosophy, Chapter 9:
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- S:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Universals
- The Medieval Problem of Universals - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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universal m. and f. (plural universales)
