1 | noun | everything that exists anywhere 2 | noun | (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn 3 | noun | everything stated or assumed in a given discussion

y'ooniv, ers (IPA: jˈunɪvˌɝs)

u-ni-verse (8 letters | 3 syllables)

1589 (Elizabethan era | European Renaissance) (436 years ago)

Old French | Latin

written: 3427th most common (1 in 35714 words) ( > 99% noun)

spoken: 3640th most common (1 in 125000 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

universes

cosmos | creation | existence | macrocosm | world | population | universe of discourse (total: 7)

closed universe | natural order | nature | subpopulation

natural object | accumulation | aggregation | assemblage | collection | cognitive content | content | mental object (total: 8)

(none among common words)

universal

(none among common words)

clockwork universe | universe of discourse

A Corner of the Universe (Ann M. Martin) | Life, the Universe and Everything (Douglas Adams) | The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams)

Universe | Universe | Masters of the Universe | Dark Universe | Across the Universe | Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (total: 6)

universe.com | universe.net | universe.org | universe.info | universe.biz (total: 5)

All there is | Interest for Einstein | It's all there is | Miss _____ | Whole shebang (total: 5) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

11 (International English) | 11 (North American English)