universe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun everything that exists anywhere
    creation; macrocosm; existence; world; cosmos.
    • they study the evolution of the universe
    • the biggest tree in existence
  2. noun (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
    population.
    • it is an estimate of the mean of the population
  3. noun everything stated or assumed in a given discussion
    universe of discourse.

WordNet

U"ni*verse noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the 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.

Webster 1913