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Definition: Universally |
UniversallyAdverb1. Everywhere; "people universally agree on this". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "universally" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Presence | Ubiquitous, ubiquitary; omnipresent; universally present. |
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Crosswords: Universally |
| English words defined with "universally": Antilegomena ♦ Catholicly, Cosmically ♦ gyro, gyroscope ♦ hateful ♦ Psychism ♦ Train tackle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "universally": Backus-Naur Form, bottom bed ♦ cookie bear, Cophetua, Cross and Ball ♦ deductive tableau, dielectric fluid, dielectric medium ♦ Fairy, FRS ♦ Greenwich meridian ♦ H-ALPHA ♦ ISDN ♦ real operating system, right ♦ tautological probability, thermometer scales, three-phase circuit, Trypanosoma theileri ♦ vaxocentrism, virtual beer. (references) |
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Screenplays | It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces. (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding) You know, Tracy isn't universally loved. (The Rage: Carrie 2; writing credit: Rafael Moreu) | |
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 | Universally acepted opinion. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A rake's progress: The last stage: completely deranged, he launches a vitaminised [sic] health Beaujolais. Drivels meaninglessly at gourmet lunches. Universally respected. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Carlyle | Biography is the most universally pleasant and profitable of all reading. |
Confucius | Wisdom, compassion and courage -- these are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. |
Edmund Burke | To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. |
Peter De Vries | Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | But if they universally have a persuation, grounded upon manifest evidence, that designs are carrying on against their liberties, and the general course and tendency of things cannot but give them strong suspicions of the evil intention of their governors, who is to be blamed for it? Who can help it, if they, who might avoid it, bring themselves into this suspicion? Are the people to be blamed, if they have the sense of rational creatures, and can think of things no otherwise than as they find and feel them? And is it not rather their fault, who put things into such a posture, that they would not have them thought to be as they are? I grant, that the pride, ambition, and turbulency of private men have sometimes caused great disorders in commonwealths, and factions have been fatal to states and kingdoms. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | He was universally reckoned the most ignorant and stupid person among them. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | An unclean person is universally a slothful one, one who sits by a stove, whom the sun shines on prostrate, who reposes without being fatigued. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | No one treatment has been found universally effective. (references) | |
MS is a disease with a natural tendency to remit spontaneously, and for which there is no universally effective treatment and no known cause. (references) | ||
Because foodborne pathogens universally affect the intestinal mucosa, these studies will provide information needed to engineer vaccines or develop treatment for diseases caused by these organisms. (references) | ||
Business | It is universally acknowledged that China is one of the strongest new emerging markets in the world. (references) | |
Currently, there are three universally accepted standards to meet the growing demand for data transmission and internet access. (references) | ||
Children | Colombia | The law obliges the Government to provide medical care for children; however, medical facilities are not universally available, especially in rural areas. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Nepal | U.N. officials, diplomats and NGO representative visitors to the camps universally describe conditions as excellent. (references) |
Economic History | Afghanistan | The Afghan king's policy of neutrality was not universally popular within the country, however. (references) |
Human Rights | Djibouti | Constitutional provisions for a fair trial are not respected universally, even in nonpolitical cases, because of interference from the executive branch. (references) |
Nicaragua | For those whose land was "legally" confiscated and distributed, the only recourse is accepting compensation bonds, which nearly universally are considered inadequate. (references) | |
Political Economy | MOROCCO | The right is exercised widely but not universally. (references) |
Trade | Ukraine | The sizable number of taxes, as well as frequent changes of, and complexity in, tax legislation and reporting requirements were also nearly universally named as serious problems. (references) |
Women | Iran | Women are prohibited from attending male sporting events, although this restriction does not appear to be enforced universally. (references) |
Mauritania | While not applied universally in practice, the two largest employers, the civil service and the state mining company, respected this law. (references) | |
Worker Rights | India | There are no universally accepted figures for the number of bonded child laborers. (references) |
Morocco | As with other labor regulations and laws, these are not observed universally and are not enforced effectively by the Government in all sectors. (references) | |
Argentina | However, laws governing acceptable conditions of work are not enforced universally, particularly for workers in the informal sector who constitute about 40 percent of the work force. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FAIRY, n. A creature, variously fashioned and endowed, that formerly inhabited the meadows and forests. It was nocturnal in its habits, and somewhat addicted to dancing and the theft of children. The fairies are now believed by naturalist to be extinct, though a clergyman of the Church of England saw three near Colchester as lately as 1855, while passing through a park after dining with the lord of the manor. The sight greatly staggered him, and he was so affected that his account of it was incoherent. In the year 1807 a troop of fairies visited a wood near Aix and carried off the daughter of a peasant, who had been seen to enter it with a bundle of clothing. The son of a wealthy bourgeois disappeared about the same time, but afterward returned. He had seen the abduction been in pursuit of the fairies. Justinian Gaux, a writer of the fourteenth century, avers that so great is the fairies' power of transformation that he saw one change itself into two opposing armies and fight a battle with great slaughter, and that the next day, after it had resumed its original shape and gone away, there were seven hundred bodies of the slain which the villagers had to bury. He does not say if any of the wounded recovered. In the time of Henry III, of England, a law was made which prescribed the death penalty for "Kyllynge, wowndynge, or mamynge" a fairy, and it was universally respected. |
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James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The impracticability of one consolidated Government for this great and growing nation will be more apparent and will be universally admitted. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. |
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| "Universally" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Universally" is used about 584 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 584 | 10,844 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "universally": universally applicable ♦ universally gimballed ♦ universally present. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "universally": universally-accepted, universally-applicable, universally-shared, universally-valid. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "universally"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 普遍 (Commonplace, Ecumenical, Popular, universal, Widespread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | všestrannì (blankly, broadwise), všeobecnì (in general, popularly), obecnì (in general, widely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fuldstændig kardanophængning (universally gimballed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Wet op het algemeen verbindend en het onverbindend verklaren van bepalingen van collectieve arbeidsovereenkomsten (Collective Labour Agreements(Declaration of Universally Binding and Non-binding Status)Act), vrij draaibaar opgehangen (universally gimballed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yleisesti (generally, in general). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | suspendu la cardan trois degrés de liberté (universally gimballed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | allgemein (across board, across the board, broad, broadly, common, general, generally, in general terms, in the main, joint, nationwide, omnibus, overall, popularly, public, received, universal, usual, widely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καθολικά (catholically, ledgers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | egyetemesen, általánosan (generally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | notorio (notorious, universally known, well known). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 広く (extensively, far and wide, widely), 全般的に (generally, wholly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぜ"ぱ"てきに (generally, wholly), ひろく (confidential papers, extensively, far and wide, secret notes, widely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 보편 으로. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iversallyunay suspensão universal (universally gimballed). (various references) universal (common, general, generic, pervasive, universal, worldwide), îndeobşte (usually). (various references) всюду (anywhere, around, everywhere), во всем мире (all over the world), везде (anywhere, anywheres, everywhere). (various references) univerzalno, za sve, svuda (all over, everywhere, high and low, turn: at every turn), opšte, bez izuzetka (all without exception). (various references) universalmente (universal, universally valid), de suspensión universal con tres grados de libertad (universally gimballed). (various references) allmänt (commonly, generally, widely). (various references) to n thể (aggregate, all, en masse, entire, overall, teetotal, universal), phổ thông (universal), phổ biến nhất trí. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | vulgo. (various references) |
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"Universally" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Universale, universalty, universelle, universially. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "universally" (pronounced yuw'niver"sulē) |
| 4 | -s u l ē | Cicely, clumsily, dorsally, icily. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-l-n-r-s-u-v-y" | |
-2 letters: insularly, universal. | |
-3 letters: allusive, inlayers, levulins, linearly, neurally, ravelins, serially, silverly, uneasily, unlively, unravels, unreally, venially, vernally, virelays, visually. | |
-4 letters: ainsell, alevins, alienly, aliners, allures, eluvial, elysian, inlayer, insular, inulase, laurels, levulin, livyers, nailers, naively, nervily, rallies, ralline, rallyes, ravelin, ravelly, ravines, renails, revisal, sallier, silvern, silvery, slavery, suavely, surlily, surveil, sylvine, synurae. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 69 76 65 72 73 61 6C 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. .. ...- . .-. ... .- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01101001 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110011 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n i v e r s a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0069 0076 0065 0072 0073 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5580758871848567787891 |
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