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{
"term": "universe",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the whole of space and everything in it, including the earth, the planets and the stars",
"sensetop": "in the universe",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Could there be intelligent life elsewhere in the universe?",
"contextForm": "in the universe"
},
{
"text": "theories of how the universe began"
},
{
"text": "As far as we know, the entire universe was created in the big bang."
},
{
"text": "Do you believe God created the universe?"
},
{
"text": "The universe is still expanding."
},
{
"text": "the outer regions of the known universe"
}
],
"topics": ["Space"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["entire", "whole", "vast"],
"verb + universe": ["create"],
"universe + verb": ["expand"],
"preposition": ["in the universe"],
"phrases": [
"the beginning of the universe",
"the origin of the universe",
"the origins of the universe"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a system of stars, planets, etc. in space outside our own",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The idea of a **parallel universe** is hard to grasp."
},
{
"text": "He lives in a little universe of his own."
},
{
"text": "A tidal pool is its own little universe, bustling with activity and life."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["entire", "whole", "vast"],
"verb + universe": ["create"],
"universe + verb": ["expand"],
"preposition": ["in the universe"],
"phrases": [
"the beginning of the universe",
"the origin of the universe",
"the origins of the universe"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a particular area of experience or activity",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the moral universe"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["entire", "whole", "vast"],
"verb + universe": ["create"],
"universe + verb": ["expand"],
"preposition": ["in the universe"],
"phrases": [
"the beginning of the universe",
"the origin of the universe",
"the origins of the universe"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈjuːnɪvɜːs/",
"audio": "un/universe/universe__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈjuːnɪvɜːrs/",
"audio": "un/universe/universe__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French univers or Latin universum, neuter of universus ‘combined into one, whole’, from uni- ‘one’ + versus ‘turned’ (past participle of vertere)."
}