American English
/ˈju.nəˌvɚs/
3 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
All of space and everything in it, including every star, planet, and galaxy.
Practice out loudAll of space and everything in it, including every star, planet, and galaxy.
The universe is billions of years old.
Scientists study how the universe began.
the observable universe · the early universe · the expanding universe · the universe as we know it
the universe is + adjective
study/explore + the universe
All the people or things in a particular group that someone is studying or thinking about.
The survey covered the universe of online shoppers.
This report describes the universe of possible buyers.
universe of potential customers · target universe
the universe of + plural noun
An imagined universe that exists separately from our own.
In the film, they travel to a parallel universe.
The part of the universe that we can see from Earth.
The observable universe is much larger than our galaxy.