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ubiquitous

[yoo-bik-wi-tuh

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adjective

existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.

Also, u·biq·ui·tar·y

[yoo-bik-wi-ter-ee] .

Origin:
1830–40; ubiquit(y) + -ous

Related forms

u·biq·ui·tous·ly, adverb

u·biq·ui·tous·ness, noun

non·u·biq·ui·tar·y, adjective

non·u·biq·ui·tous, adjective

non·u·biq·ui·tous·ly, adverb

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non·u·biq·ui·tous·ness, noun

un·u·biq·ui·tous, adjective

un·u·biq·ui·tous·ly, adverb

un·u·biq·ui·tous·ness, noun

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Synonyms
See omnipresent.

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Example Sentences

Citrus is so ubiquitous in the market these days, the peak seasons of the various fruits tend to be forgotten.

Corruption is ubiquitous, and the government has been accused of authoritarianism.

Personal computers have become ubiquitous in rich countries.

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World English Dictionary

ubiquitous (juːˈbɪkwɪtəs)

—*adj*
	having or seeming to have the ability to be everywhere at once; omnipresent

[C14: from Latin ubīque everywhere, from ubī where]

u'biquitously

—*adv*

u'biquity

—n

u'biquitousness

—n

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Word Origin & History

ubiquitous

"turning up everywhere," 1837, from ubiquity + -ous. The earlier word was ubiquitary (1580s), from Mod.L. ubiquitarius, from ubique. Related: Ubiquitously.

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"We (the indivisible divinity that works in us) have dreamed the world. We have dreamed it resistant, mysterious, visible, ubiquitous in space and firm in time, but we have allowed slight, and eternal, bits of the irrational to form part of its architecture so as to know that it is false."

-Jorge Luis Borges

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