- the totality of known or supposed objects and phenomena throughout space; the cosmos; macrocosm.
- the whole world, especially with reference to humanity: a truth known throughout the universe.
- a world or sphere in which something exists or prevails: his private universe.
- in New Age philosophy and popular culture, a divine but nonpersonal being, consciousness, or field of energy believed to connect everything that is, allowing the interaction of the physical with the spiritual and thought with reality.
- the aggregate of all the objects, attributes, and relations assumed or implied in a given discussion.
- the set of all elements under discussion for a given problem.
- the entire population under study.
- the aggregate of all existing matter, energy, and space
- human beings collectively
- a province or sphere of thought or activity
- statistics another word for population (def. 7)
