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English adjective: universal | |||
| 1. | universal of worldwide scope or applicability | ||
| Samples | An issue of cosmopolitan import. The shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time. Universal experience. | ||
| Synonyms | cosmopolitan, ecumenical, general, oecumenical, world-wide, worldwide | ||
| Similar | comprehensive | ||
| Antonyms | incomprehensive, noncomprehensive | ||
| 2. | universal applicable to or common to all members of a group or set | ||
| Samples | The play opened to universal acclaim. Rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys. | ||
| Similar | general | ||
| Antonyms | specific | ||
| 3. | universal adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations | ||
| Samples | Universal wrench. Universal chuck. Universal screwdriver. | ||
| Similar | adaptable | ||
| Antonyms | unadaptable | ||
English noun: universal | |||
| 1. | universal (communication) (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages | ||
| Synonyms | linguistic universal | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | linguistic rule, rule | ||
| Domain category | linguistics | ||
| 2. | universal (communication) (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class | ||
| Synonyms | universal proposition | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | proposition | ||
| Domain category | logic | ||
| Antonyms | particular proposition, particular | ||
| 3. | universal (cognition) a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings | ||
| Samples | Some form of religion seems to be a human universal. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | convention, formula, normal, pattern, rule | ||
| 4. | universal (artifact) coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions | ||
| Samples | In motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps. | ||
| Synonyms | universal joint | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coupler, coupling | ||
| Part meronym | drive line, drive line system | ||
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