UNIVERSE

[noun] - everything that exists, esp. all physical matter, including all the stars, planets, galaxies, etc. in spacethe big bang theory of the origin of the universe [U]Is there intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? [U]Scientists have speculated about the possibility of parallel universes. [C](figurative) The characters in his novels inhabit a bleak and hopeless universe. [C]You can also talk about a universe meaning the world, or the world that you are familiar with.His family is his whole universe (= everything that is important to him).