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universal   (TTS Sound)

The noun universal has 4 senses

• universal, linguistic universal -- ((linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages)


• universal, universal proposition -- ((logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class)


• universal -- (a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings; "some form of religion seems to be a human universal")


• universal joint, universal -- (coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions; "in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps")

The adj universal has 3 senses

• cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide -- (of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience")


• universal -- (applicable to or common to all members of a group or set; "the play opened to universal acclaim"; "rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys")


• universal -- (adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations; "universal wrench", "universal chuck"; "universal screwdriver")