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Translation

universe

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Word origin

An international borrowing of Latin universum, 'the whole turned into one', from unus ('one') and versus ('turned'). The same root gives English universe, universal and university.

Origin
Latin
Root
universum
English cognates
universe, universal, university

Examples

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The universe is bigger than we can imagine.

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How many stars are there in the universe?

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Science studies the whole universe.

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This word is taught in chapter 14, lesson 6: universo, imperiestro, onidiro and 7 more words.