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1.
of worldwide scope or applicability
universal experience
2.
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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adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations
universal wrench
universal chuck
universal screwdriver
'universal' - used as a noun
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(linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
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(logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
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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
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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
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