Thesaurus: universal

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1. a. Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice.
2. a. Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world.
3. a. Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine.
4. a. Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient.
5. n. The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe.
6. n. A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it.
7. n. A universal proposition. See Universal, a., 4.
8. adj. of worldwide scope or applicability
9. adj. applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
10. adj. adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations
11. n. (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
12. n. (logic) a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/proposition">proposition that class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/asserts">asserts something of all members of a class