universes
- 1Plural of universe.
Some cosmologists speculate that countless parallel universes exist alongside our own.
The novel weaves together characters from several distinct universes.
Note
A plural that the oldest meaning almost forbids: if a universe is the sum of everything that exists, there can be only one. The plural becomes natural with the multiverse, where each universe is one component among many, and in fiction built on that idea. Logicians and statisticians use it freely too, since their universe is just the set under consideration, and each problem sets up its own.
universes is a form of universe
universe, noun: The entirety of everything that exists in the cosmos, including all matter, energy, space, and time. Full entry
- Forms
- universeuniverses plural
- Spelling
- universe → universes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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