| noun | (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages |
| noun | (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class |
| noun | a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings “some form of religion seems to be a human universal” |
| noun | coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions “in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps” |
| adjective | of worldwide scope or applicability; ; - Christopher Morley “an issue of cosmopolitan import” |
| adjective | applicable to or common to all members of a group or set “the play opened to universal acclaim” |
| adjective | adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations; , “universal wrench” |
| universalize | verb | make universal |
| universe | noun | everything that exists anywhere |
| universality | noun | the quality of being universal; existing everywhere |