Universes - English meaning

noun

A round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the centre).

Usage examples:

Draw a circle with a compass

verb

Move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once.

Usage examples:

They were circling athens airport

noun

The universe seen as a well-ordered whole.

Usage examples:

He sat staring deep into the void, reminding himself of man's place in the cosmos

noun

An ornamental plant of the daisy family, which bears single brightly coloured flowers and is native to mexico and warm regions of america.

Usage examples:

Plant members of the daisy family, cosmos and yarrow to encourage beneficials.

noun

The universe considered as a system with an order and pattern

noun

The action or process of bringing something into existence.

Usage examples:

Creation of a coalition government

noun

In the bible, (the) creation is the making of the world by god.

Usage examples:

[ c ] the fashion magazine had photos of the latest paris creations.

noun

The act or process of making, producing, or building something, or something that has been made, built, or produced

Usage examples:

The creation of wealth, some local people are protesting at the creation of a national park in the …

noun

An area of territory owned or controlled by a particular ruler or government.

Usage examples:

The french domains of the plantagenets

noun

The state or quality of being infinite.

Usage examples:

The infinity of space

noun

Unlimited space, time, or amount, or a number large beyond any limit

noun

The whole of a complex structure, especially the world or the universe, contrasted with a small or representative part of it.

Usage examples:

Clearly we have no trouble building systems of thought around whatever we perceive the structure of…

noun

Any large organized system considered as a whole, rather than as a group of smaller systems

noun

A person's social environment.

Usage examples:

Gregory came from the same aristocratic milieu as sidonius

noun

The people and the physical and social conditions and events that provide a background in which someone acts or lives

Usage examples:

The irish-catholic milieu of chicago, a cultural milieu

verb

Maintain (something) in its original or existing state.

Usage examples:

All records of the past were zealously preserved

noun

A foodstuff made with fruit preserved in sugar, such as jam or marmalade.

Usage examples:

A jar of cherry preserve

noun

A principal administrative division of a country or empire.

Usage examples:

Chengdu, capital of sichuan province

noun

Each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided.

Usage examples:

She cut each apple into quarters

verb

Divide into four equal or corresponding parts.

Usage examples:

Peel and quarter the bananas

noun

A round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its centre.

Usage examples:

There's a particularly good 3d objects tool, which lets you create modelled spheres, cubes, rectang…

verb

Enclose in or as if in a sphere.

Usage examples:

Mourners, sphered by their dark garb

combining form

Denoting a structure or region of spherical form, especially a region round the earth.

Usage examples:

Ionosphere

noun

An area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.

Usage examples:

Sorties into enemy territory

noun

An area of land, sea, or space, esp. when it belongs to or is connected with a particular country, person, or animal

Usage examples:

[ u ] maryland gave up territory to form washington, dc., [ c ] the un is sending aid to the occupi…

noun

An area of a town, country, etc. that someone has responsibility for in their job

Usage examples:

A salesman's failure to achieve apparently realistic targets might be due to a change in the size o…

noun

The whole of something.

Usage examples:

The totality of their current policies

noun

The whole of something

Usage examples:

We need to consider this very serious issue in its totality.

noun

The earth, together with all of its countries and peoples.

Usage examples:

He was doing his bit to save the world

noun

The planet on which human life has developed, esp. including all people and their ways of life

Usage examples:

People from all over the world will be attending the conference., the rapid growth of computers has…

noun

A particular area of activity

Usage examples:

Our world of work is changing rapidly., the world of advertising/the internet, the business/corpora…