universal
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
Types & categories
- linguistic rule hypernym
Related & opposite
- linguistics domain topic
Sense 2 adjective
of worldwide scope or applicability
an issue of cosmopolitan import
Related & opposite
- universality derivation
- world derivation
- universalize derivation
- comprehensive similar to
Sense 3 noun
(logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
Types & categories
- proposition hypernym
Related & opposite
- particular proposition antonym
- logic domain topic
Sense 4 adjective
applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
the play opened to universal acclaim
Related & opposite
- general similar to
Sense 5 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
Types & categories
- normal hypernym
Sense 6 adjective
adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations
universal wrench
Related & opposite
- adaptable similar to
Sense 7 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
Types & categories
- coupler hypernym
Parts & wholes
- drive line part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | linguistics |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | linguistic rule |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | universality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | world |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | universalize |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | comprehensive |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | particular proposition |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | logic |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | proposition |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | general |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | normal |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | adaptable |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | drive line |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | coupler |