Music is universal.
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Universal
//ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsl̩//
Synonyms for "universal" (265 found)
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cosmogonalcosmogoniccosmologiccosmopolitancountlesscountry-widecurrentcustomarydeep dyeddeep-dyeddownrightdyed-in-the-woolecumenicecumenicalegregiousencyclopedicendlessentireepidemiceternal
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eternal objecteternal universaleverydayexemplarexhaustiveexhaustlessextending everywhereextensivefamiliarformformal causegalacticgeistesgeschichtegeneratorgenericglobalgoinggrosshabitualheaven-widehegelian ideahegelianismhighest categoryhistory of ideasholistichouseholdhylozoismidealidealismideateideatumidee-forceillimitableillimitedimmaterialismimmeasurableimmenseincalculableinclusiveincomprehensibleinexhaustibleinfiniteinfinitely continuousinnate ideainnumerableintegralintegratedintensiveinterminableinterminateinternational
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kantian ideakantianismlimitlesslinguistic universalmeasurelessmetaphysical idealismmodelmonistic idealismmufflernationalneoplatonismno end ofnondenominationalnonsectariannoospherenormalnormativenoumenonoecumenicalomnibus
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omnipresentoneone and indivisibleordinaryout-and-outoutrightover-alloverallpandemicpanoramicpanpsychismpartspatternperceptperfectperpetualpersonalismpervasiveplainplanetaryplatonic formplatonic ideaplatonismplumbpopularpredominatingprescriptiveprevailingprevalentprototypepsychismpublicpureradicalregularregulationregulative first principlesheershorelesssimple ideasolipsismspatialspiritualismstandardstaplestockstraightsubjectivismsubsistent formsumlesssweepingsynoptictermlessthe absolutethe absolute ideathe realized idealthe self-determinedthoroughthoroughgoingthrough and throughthrough-and-throughtotaltranscendent ideatranscendent nonempirical concepttranscendent universaltranscendentalubiquitousunboundeduncircumscribedunconditionalunfathomableuniversal conceptuniversal essenceuniversal jointuniversal propositionunlimitedunmeasurableunmeasuredunmitigatedunnumberedunplumbedunqualifiedunreservedunrestricteduntoldusualutterveritablevernacularwholewholesalewide-rangingwidespreadwithout boundwithout endwithout exceptionwithout limitwithout measurewithout numberwithout omissionwontedworld wideworld-wideworldwide
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4 entriesRelated terms
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42 entriesSaybolt universal secondabstract universalinter-universal Teichmüller theorylast universal ancestorlast universal common ancestoruniversal Turing machineuniversal algebrauniversal arithmeticuniversal bankuniversal bankinguniversal basic incomeuniversal chuckuniversal credituniversal designuniversal design for instructionuniversal donor
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5 entriesTranslations
138 translations across 41 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- καθολικός adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- καθολικός adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- οἰκουμενῐκός adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- οἰκουμενῐκός adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Arabic
1 entries- كُلِّيَّة noun (A property that particular things have in common.)
Armenian
3 entries- համամարդկային adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- համամարդկային adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- համընդհանուր adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Belarusian
2 entries- агу́льны adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- агу́льны adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вселенски adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- всеми́рен adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- всео́бщ adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- космически adj (cosmic, unlimited)
Catalan
2 entries- universal adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- universal adj (common to all members of a group or class)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- گەردوونی adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 全世界的 adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- 全體的 /全体的 adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- 宇宙的 adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- 普遍 adj (common to all members of a group or class)
Czech
2 entries- univerzální adj (useful for many purposes)
- všestranný adj (useful for many purposes)
Dutch
4 entries- algemeen adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- universeel adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- universeel adj (useful for many purposes)
- wereldwijd adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Esperanto
2 entries- universa adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- universala adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Finnish
4 entries- kosminen adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- maailmanlaajuinen adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- rajaton adj (cosmic, unlimited)
- universaali adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
French
3 entries- universel adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- universel adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- universel adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Galician
2 entries- universal adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- universal adj (common to all society, world-wide)
German
4 entries- All adj (useful for many purposes)
- Allgemein adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- Universal adj (useful for many purposes)
- Welt adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Greek
4 entries- παγκόσμιος adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- παγκόσμιος adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- παγκόσμιος adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- παγκόσμιος adj (useful for many purposes)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- inivèsèl adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Hebrew
1 entries- עולמי adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Hungarian
1 entries- univerzális adj (useful for many purposes)
Icelandic
2 entries- algildur adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- alhliða adj (useful for many purposes)
Ido
1 entries- universala adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
Indonesian
1 entries- universal adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
Irish
2 entries- comhchoiteann adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- uilechoiteann adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Japanese
4 entries- 万能 adj (useful for many purposes)
- 世界的 adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- 宇宙の adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- 普遍的 adj (common to all members of a group or class)
Latin
2 entries- ūniversālis adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- ūniversālis adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Malay
2 entries- sejagat adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- universal adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Malayalam
2 entries- ലോക adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- വിശ്വ adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
Occitan
1 entries- universal adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
Persian
1 entries- جهانی adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
Polish
4 entries- kosmiczny adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- ogólny adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- powszechny adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- uniwersalny adj (common to all members of a group or class)
Portuguese
4 entries- universal adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- universal adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- universal adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- universal adj (cosmic, unlimited)
Russian
4 entries- вселе́нский adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- вселе́нский adj (cosmic, unlimited)
- всеми́рный adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- всео́бщий adj (common to all members of a group or class)
Slovak
1 entries- všeľudský adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Slovene
4 entries- univerzalen adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- univerzalen adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- univerzalen adj (useful for many purposes)
- vesoljski adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
Spanish
4 entries- universal adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- universal adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- universal adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- universal adj (cosmic, unlimited)
Swedish
3 entries- omfattande adj (useful for many purposes)
- universell adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- universell adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Tagalog
1 entries- sansinukbin adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
Thai
4 entries- ครอบจักรวาล adj (cosmic, unlimited)
- จักรวาล adj (of or pertaining to the universe)
- สากล adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- สากล adj (common to all society, world-wide)
Turkish
4 entries- evrensel adj (common to all members of a group or class)
- evrensel adj (common to all society, world-wide)
- evrensel adj (useful for many purposes)
- çok amaçlı adj (useful for many purposes)
Ukrainian
1 entries- універса́льний adj (useful for many purposes)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַלוועלטלעך adj (common to all society, world-wide)
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English is a universal language and is used all over the world.
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English is a kind of universal language.
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It has no absolute and universal significance.
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