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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Universe \U"ni*verse\, noun [L. universum, from universus universal; unus one + vertere, versum, to turn, that is, turned into one, combined into one whole; cf. F. univers. See {One}, and {Verse}.] All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the to~ pa^n of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation.
How may I Adore thee, Author of this universe And all this good to man! --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
universe
noun
1: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: {existence}, {creation}, {world}, {cosmos}, {macrocosm}]
2: (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" [syn: {population}]
3: everything stated or assumed in a given discussion [syn: {universe of discourse}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "universe": Anschauung, angle, angle of vision, bailiwick, basis, circle, corner, cosmos, creation, domain, eye, footing, frame of reference, framework, light, macrocosm, macrocosmos, megacosm, mental outlook, microcosm, milieu, nature, outlook, place, point of view, position, province, quarter, reference system, regard, respect, side, sight, situation, slant, sphere, stand, standpoint, system, territory, view, viewpoint, world
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