UNIVERSAL

• (noun) coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions

  "in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps"

  synonyms : universal joint

• (noun) a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings

  "some form of religion seems to be a human universal"

• (noun) (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class

  synonyms : universal proposition

• (noun) (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages

  synonyms : linguistic universal

• (adj.) of worldwide scope or applicability

  "an issue of cosmopolitan import", "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time", "universal experience"

  synonyms : cosmopolitan , ecumenical , general , oecumenical , world-wide , worldwide

  GOD exists! is an universal truth. -added by priyavanjeri

• (adj.) adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations

  "universal wrench", "universal chuck", "universal screwdriver"

• (adj.) applicable to or common to all members of a group or set

  "the play opened to universal acclaim", "rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys"

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