## Meanings
1. Shared by or true for everyone in a group.
2. Existing or happening everywhere in the world.
3. Suitable for many different uses or purposes.
4. A quality or pattern shared by all members of a group.

## Examples
- The play opened to universal acclaim.
- Music has a universal appeal across all cultures.
- This universal tool fits screws of almost any size.
- Some form of religion seems to be a human universal.

## Synonyms
- generic

## Antonyms
- nonuniversal

## Derived Forms
- universalise
- universalize
- universally

## Related Forms
- general
- global
- universality
- universe
- university

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: universal
- Root: ūniversālis

## Etymology
From Middle English universal, from Old French universal (modern French universel), from Latin ūniversālis, equivalent to universe + -al.

## AI Etymology
Universal is from Middle English universal, from Old French universal (modern French universel), from Latin ūniversālis, equivalent to universe + -al. The historical line also includes Middle English universal, Old French universal, Latin ūniversālis. In present-day use, it can mean shared by or true for everyone in a group, or existing or happening everywhere in the world. Derived formations include universalise, universalize, universally.

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