universal

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

uni·ver·sal [universal universals] BrE [ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsl] NAmE [ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːrsl] adjective
1. done by or involving all the people in the world or in a particular group
•Such problems are a universal feature of old age.
•Agreement on this issue is almost universal.
•universal suffrage (= the right of all the people in a country to vote)
2. true or right at all times and in all places
•universal facts about human nature
Derived Word: ↑universality

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin universalis, from universus ‘combined into one, whole’, from uni- ‘one’ + versus ‘turned’ (past participle of vertere).

Example Bank:
•These practices remain universal among the islanders.
•a plan that is universal in scope
•supposedly universal standards
•A representative assembly is a near universal feature of modern democracies.
•Initially there was no universal agreement about what constituted a group.
•The country held its first general election with universal suffrage in 1931.
•The increase in crime has been a universal phenomenon.
•The party wanted to introduce a universal health care system.
•There was universal disgust at what he had done.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, worldwide, world-wide, universal joint, universal proposition, linguistic universal
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  particular, particular proposition