omnipresent

C2 Topic:Law & Government
US /ˌɑmnɪˈpɹɛzn̩t/ UK /ˌɒmnɪˈpɹɛzn̩t/
adj Freq #45346

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Being everywhere simultaneously.

    In 1975, China was emerging from the Cultural Revolution, its government’s effort to purify and revitalize society. Communist officials had set up indoctrination programs, broadcast propaganda over omnipresent loudspeakers, and sought to stamp out any evidence of China’s ancient history.

  2. 2
    adj

    being present everywhere at once

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · being everywhere... all-presentubiquitous
2 adj · being present everywhere at... ubiquitous
Word family
Forms omnipresence

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin omnipraesēns, equivalent to omni- + present.

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