Dictionary Check: universal

"universal" is a valid word!

Scrabble 12 points
Words with Friends 16 points

Definition

adjective

of worldwide scope or applicability

Example: "an issue of cosmopolitan import"
adjective

applicable to or common to all members of a group or set

Example: "the play opened to universal acclaim"
adjective

adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations

Example: "universal wrench"
noun

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

noun

(logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class

Antonyms:
noun

a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings

Example: "some form of religion seems to be a human universal"

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