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
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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