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Definition of Universal

Universal 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. Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world. Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine. 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. The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe. A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it. A universal proposition. See Universal, a., 4. Related Definitions: Abstract, Adaptable, Adapted, Affecting, Affirmative, Affirmed, All, Applicable, Are, As, Being, Benefice, Benevolence, Called, Conception, Considered, Constituting, Contained, Denied, Each, Entire, Extending, Extension, Forming, From, General, Genus, Good, In, Including, Individual, It, Machine, Men, Milling, Negative, No, Number, Of, Omniscient, Opposed, Or, Particular, Pertaining, Predicable, Proposition, Quantity, Relatively, Ruin, See, So, Space, Species, Subject, System, The, To, Total, Under, Universal, Universally, Universe, Unlimited, Various, Whole, World

Universal Quotations In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell I think people are universal. Ang Lee Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one. Ralph Waldo Emerson In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act. George Orwell

Universal Translations universal in Dutch is algemeen, universeel universal in French is universel universal in Spanish is universalmente

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