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- pronunciation:
- yu
nih
vuhr
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 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, relating to, or characteristic of the whole world or the world's population.
They have predicted a universal shift in climate.
- synonyms:
- global, worldwide
- similar words:
- comprehensive, general, international
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| definition 2: |
including, affecting, or on the part of everyone.
They worked hard to achieve universal suffrage.The need for food and shelter is universal.This principle now has universal acceptance.- similar words:
- comprehensive, ecumenical, general, global, international, widespread, worldwide
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| definition 3: |
pertaining to, present in, or including all members of a particular group.
- synonyms:
- common, generic
- similar words:
- comprehensive, general
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| definition 4: |
including or knowing many skills or subjects; broad.
- synonyms:
- broad, comprehensive, inclusive
- antonyms:
- parochial
- similar words:
- catholic, general, liberal
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| definition 5: |
of or relating to the universe; cosmic.
- synonyms:
- cosmic
- similar words:
- endless, infinite, limitless, unbounded
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| definition 6: |
adaptable to many functions or uses.
a universal tool- synonyms:
- versatile
- similar words:
- all-purpose, general, unspecialized
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| related words: |
all, common, prevailing, prevalent, public, radical, rife, spacious |
adverb + (adj.)universal
from, infallibly, means, nearly, truly, virtually
(adj.)universal
+ noun
acceptance,
access,
acclaim,
appeal,
applicability,
aspiration,
brotherhood,
care,
claim,
code,
condemnation,
conscription,
consensus,
coverage,
criteria,
declaration,
design,
donor,
education,
equality,
filter,
franchise,
gesture,
grammar,
gravitation,
health,
health-care,
humanity,
insurance,
intervention,
joint,
jurisdiction,
language,
literacy,
mandate,
mankind,
morality,
norm,
pastor,
phenomenon,
picture,
praise,
precaution,
prevention,
principle,
recognition,
relevance,
religion,
requirement,
right,
salvation,
screening,
significance,
solvent,
standard,
studio,
suffrage,
symbol,
tendency,
theme,
translator,
truth,
validity,
value,
waste
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The word universal
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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