Ubiquitous

  • 11ubiquitous — adjective Date: 1830 existing or being everywhere at the same time ; constantly encountered ; widespread < a ubiquitous fashion > • ubiquitously adverb • ubiquitousness noun …

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  • 12ubiquitous — adjective /juːˈbɪkwɪtəs/ a) Being everywhere at once: omnipresent. To Jews, Muslims and Christians, God is ubiquitous. b) Seeming to appear everywhere at the same time. Syn: omnipresent, ever present …

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  • 13ubiquitous — adj. Ubiquitous is used with these nouns: ↑presence …

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  • 14ubiquitous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ubiquitary, omnipresent; inescapable. See presence, deity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. omnipresent, universal, all over; see everywhere . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [yoo BIK …

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  • 15ubiquitous — u|biq|ui|tous [ ju bıkwıtəs ] adjective FORMAL present everywhere: Their HQ comprises miles of lunch rooms with their ubiquitous coffee machines. ╾ u|biq|ui|ty [ ju bıkwəti ] noun uncount …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16ubiquitous — [19] Latin ubīque meant ‘everywhere’ (it was formed from ubī ‘where’ and a generalizing particle que). From it was derived the modern Latin noun ubīquitās ‘quality of being everywhere’. This was adopted into English as ubiquity [16], which later&#8230; …

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  • 17ubiquitous — adjective formal or humorous seeming to be everywhere: We were tormented in the outback by the ubiquitous Australian fly. ubiquitously adverb ubiquity noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18ubiquitous — adjective the ubiquitous golden arches of burgerdom Syn: omnipresent, ever present, everywhere, all over the place, pervasive, universal, worldwide, global; rife, prevalent, far reaching, inescapable Ant: rare …

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  • 19ubiquitous — UK [juːˈbɪkwɪtəs] / US [juˈbɪkwɪtəs] adjective formal present everywhere Their HQ comprises miles of corridors with their ubiquitous coffee machines. Derived word: ubiquity UK [juːˈbɪkwətɪ] / US [juˈbɪkwətɪ] noun uncountable …

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  • 20ubiquitous — /juˈbɪkwətəs/ (say yooh bikwuhtuhs) adjective 1. Also, Rare, ubiquitary. characterised by ubiquity; being everywhere at the same time; present everywhere; omnipresent. 2. Computers of, relating to, or employing, a ubiquitous system. {ubiquit(y) + …