Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a universal manner; as a universal; with extension to the whole; in a manner to comprehend all; without exception.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a universal manner; without exception.
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- adverb In a
universal manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb everywhere
Etymologies
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Examples
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There needs to be an alternative term for "superconference," the word universally used for the 16-team conferences that could soon reshape college football.
Spare Us Your Superconferences Darren Everson 2011
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A phrase universally known was “gandy dancer,” for a track laborer.
Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000
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A phrase universally known was “gandy dancer,” for a track laborer.
Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000
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I am seventy-six years old, and I can bear testimony, that from my infancy it was the term universally employed in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, and, I think probable, in the more northern counties.
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_Taste_ is a term universally applied in criticism of the fine-arts, such as painting, sculpture, architecture, &c., &c., of which there are many schools -- of
Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings Lewis Falley Allen 1845
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I have mentioned, that in early times Cahen was a title universally conferred upon priests and prophets: hence Lycophron, who has continually allusions to obsolete terms, calls the two diviners, Mopsus and Amphilochus, Κυνας.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759
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a circular gale, a cyclone the term universally applied in Al-lslam to the "Deluge," the "Flood" of Noah.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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And since I left him, universally is he praised by those who know him best, for the best of Husbands, an indulgent Father, and quiet Neighbour.
Letter 20 2009
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Attempting to fortify and extend the concept of g, then, or some attempt to develop some other notion of general intelligence that can be applied universally, is the only thing that could possibly give meaning to the term "intelligence" in the context of ID.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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Attempting to fortify and extend the concept of g, then, or some attempt to develop some other notion of general intelligence that can be applied universally, is the only thing that could possibly give meaning to the term "intelligence" in the context of ID.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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