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u·ni·ver·sal

 (yo͞o′nə-vûr′səl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or affecting the entire universe: the universal laws of physics.
2. Including, relating to, or affecting all members of the class or group under consideration; applicable in all cases: universal vaccination; universal suffrage. See Synonyms at general.
3. Done, produced, or shared by all members of the class or group under consideration: a discovery that met with universal acclaim.
4. Adapted or adjustable to many sizes, uses, or devices: a universal remote control.
5. Logic Encompassing all of the members of a class or group. Used of a proposition.
n.
1. Logic
a. A universal proposition.
b. A general or abstract concept or term considered absolute or axiomatic.
2. A general or widely held principle, concept, or notion.
3. A trait or pattern of behavior characteristic of all the members of a particular culture or of all humans.
u′ni·ver′sal·ly adv.
u′ni·ver′sal·ness n.
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universally

(ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəlɪ)
adv
everywhere or in every case; without exception: this principle applies universally.
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Adv.1.universally - everywhereuniversally - everywhere; "people universally agree on this"
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universally

adverb
1. without exception, uniformly, everywhere, always, invariably, across the board, in all cases, in every instance a universally accepted point of view
2. widely, internationally, everywhere, worldwide, globally The disadvantage is that it is not universally available.
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Translations
بصورَةٍ عامَّه، عالمياً
všestranně
általánosanegyetemesen
almennt, um allan heim
všestranne
dünyacaevrensel olarak

universally

[ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəlɪ] ADV [accepted, acknowledged] → universalmente, generalmente; [popular, available] → en todas partes; [known] → mundialmente; [applicable] → para todo; [condemned] → unánimemente
there is no universally accepted definition → no existe una definición aceptada universalmente or generalmente aceptada
he was universally liked → caía bien a todo el mundo, todo el mundo lo apreciaba
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universally

[ˌjuːniˈvɜːrsəli] adv
(= by everyone) [accepted, recognised] → universellement, par tous
a universally accepted point of view → un point de vue universellement accepté, un point de vue accepté par tous
(= everywhere) → partout
(= in every situation) → toujours
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universally

adv → allgemein; universally applicable → allgemeingültig; he was universally liked → er erfreute sich allgemeiner Beliebtheit; tips are now almost universally included in hotel bills → Trinkgelder sind heutzutage fast immer in Hotelrechnungen inbegriffen
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universally

[ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəlɪ] adv (known) → universalmente; (accepted) → all'unanimità
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universe

(ˈjuːnivəːs) noun
everything – earth, planets, sun, stars etc – that exists anywhere. Somewhere in the universe there must be another world like ours.
ˌuniˈversal adjective
affecting, including etc the whole of the world or all or most people. English may become a universal language that everyone can learn and use.
ˌuniˈversally adverb
ˌuniverˈsality (-ˈsӕ-) noun
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From these considerations I think we need not greatly marvel at the endemic and representative species, which inhabit the several islands of the Galapagos Archipelago, not having universally spread from island to island.
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The angles of a Square (and still more those of an equilateral Triangle), being much more pointed than those of a Pentagon, and the lines of inanimate objects (such as houses) being dimmer than the lines of Men and Women, it follows that there is no little danger lest the points of a square or triangular house residence might do serious injury to an inconsiderate or perhaps absent-minded traveller suddenly therefore, running against them: and as early as the eleventh century of our era, triangular houses were universally forbidden by Law, the only exceptions being fortifications, powder-magazines, barracks, and other state buildings, which it is not desirable that the general public should approach without circumspection.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife.
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Duck is an old man living in Aurora, Illinois, where he is universally respected.
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The father of Zoology was Aristotle, as is universally conceded, but the name of its mother has not come down to us.
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It is a most quiet, forlorn, little town; built, as is universally the case in these countries, with the streets running at right angles to each other, and having in the middle a large plaza or square, which, from its size, renders the scantiness of the population more evident.
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Almost universally, a lone whale --as a solitary Leviathan is called --proves an ancient one.
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There are few things upon which a greater variety of conjectures has been offered than upon the reasons that induced the ancients to distinguish this gulf, which separates Asia from Africa, by the name of the Red Sea, an appellation that has almost universally obtained in all languages.
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And the opinion which universally prevails, that the gods themselves are subject to kingly government, arises from hence, that all men formerly were, and many are so now; and as they imagined themselves to be made in the likeness of the gods, so they supposed their manner of life must needs be the same.
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Whenever Mrs Deborah had occasion to exert any extraordinary condescension to Mrs Bridget, and by that means had a little soured her natural disposition, it was usual with her to walk forth among these people, in order to refine her temper, by venting, and, as it were, purging off all ill humours; on which account she was by no means a welcome visitant: to say the truth, she was universally dreaded and hated by them all.
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Despite the fact, therefore, that all Nietzsche's views in this respect were dictated to him by the profoundest love; despite Zarathustra's reservation in this discourse, that "with women nothing (that can be said) is impossible," and in the face of other overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Nietzsche is universally reported to have mis son pied dans le plat, where the female sex is concerned.
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In the first class, the works of the wise ancients; and the Histories, Biographies, and Essays of writers of more modern times--otherwise the Solid Literature, which is universally respected, and occasionally read.
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