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Ubiquitous
/juːˈbɪk.wə.təs/
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What it means
- adjective
Being everywhere at once: omnipresent.
“To Hindus, Jews, Christians, and Muslims, God is ubiquitous.”
- adjective
Appearing to be everywhere at once; being or seeming to be in more than one location at the same time.
- adjective
Widespread; very prevalent.
Where it comes from
Ubiquitous comes from Latin ubique, everywhere. English formed it in the 1800s from ubiquity. If something is ubiquitous, you meet it in almost every place you look.
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