UNIVERSE


Meaning of UNIVERSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ju:nɪvɜ:(r)s ]

( universes)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

The universe is the whole of space and all the stars, planets, and other forms of matter and energy in it.

Early astronomers thought that our planet was the centre of the universe.

N-COUNT : usu the N in sing

2.

If you talk about someone’s universe , you are referring to the whole of their experience or an important part of it.

Good writers suck in what they see of the world, re-creating their own universe on the page...

= world

N-COUNT : usu sing , oft with poss

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