# ubiquitous

Pronunciation: say "yoo-BIK-wi-tuhs" US /juˈbɪkwɪtəs/, UK /juːˈbɪkwɪtəs/, AUS /jʉːˈbɪkwɪtəs/

## Adjective

1. Spread so widely that it is common in many places or among many people.
   - Simple: Very common and found in lots of places.
   - _Smartphones have become ubiquitous in classrooms over the past decade._
   - _The disease was once ubiquitous across the region but is now rare._
2. Present, or seeming to be present, everywhere at the same time.
   - Simple: Being in every place at once, or seeming to be.
   - _The ubiquitous senator seemed to appear at every county fair in the state that summer._
   - _The ubiquitous host seemed to be in every corner of the crowded party at once, refilling drinks and greeting guests._

## Origin

Latin ubī ("where") joined with -que ("each, ever") gave ubīque ("everywhere"), and Medieval Latin built ubīquitās on it. English ubiquity comes from that noun, and the adjective adds the suffix -ous.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/ubiquitous (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).