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# universally

«universally» in Mova's school dictionary: **by everyone or everywhere, without exception** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Universally means by everyone or everywhere, without exception. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/universally/#m1)

2) Universally also means true or used in all cases. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/universally/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and maths, universally true rules work everywhere. In everyday talk, universally loved means liked by everyone. Phrases: universally accepted, universally known, universally loved.

### examples

- Chocolate is almost universally loved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/universally/#x1)
- The rule is universally accepted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/universally/#x2)
- Gravity works universally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/universally/#x3)
- Smiles are understood universally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/universally/#x4)
- The book was universally praised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/universally/#x5)
- No idea is universally liked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/universally/#x6)
- That the lessons taught were of the highest moral character is universally admitted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/universally/#x7)

### note

From «universal». Spelled with double «l». Be careful: few things are truly universal; writers often say «almost universally».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «universally» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/universally/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.