Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being or existing everywhere; actually or apparently omnipresent: often used in an exaggerated or humorous sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same time; omnipresent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Being
everywhere at once:omnipresent . - adjective Seeming to appear everywhere at the same time.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being present everywhere at once
Etymologies
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Examples
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His own goal was to see us reach the same state in respect of computing - hence the term ubiquitous computing.
More on the changing face of literacy Karyn Romeis 2006
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His own goal was to see us reach the same state in respect of computing - hence the term ubiquitous computing.
Archive 2006-09-01 Karyn Romeis 2006
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So ubiquitous is this t-shirt in Washington, even President Obama's supporters have appropriated it.
Poll: Which other Bad Brains album cover would make the best t-shirt? Chris Richards 2010
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The need to cover one's nether regions, while not ubiquitous, is nearly so.
Archive 2007-10-01 Heather McDougal 2007
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The need to cover one's nether regions, while not ubiquitous, is nearly so.
Merkins and Kotekas and Codpieces, Oh My! Heather McDougal 2007
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Here's an article that Greenfield wrote on the subject of ubicomp ethics, called "All watched over by machines of loving grace: Some ethical guidelines for user experience in ubiquitous-computing settings."
Boing Boing 2006
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The fascinating thing about Web 2.0 and its coming shift to mobile/ubiquitous is that this will (and already does) create whole new cultural patterns that have to be understood in their own right.
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The word ubiquitous was used in an article willi and I read shortly after the school year started in reference to student dress codes.
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We had a fry-up with my housemates at Bon's (super cheap diner), then hit the road for a very quick touristy thing, driving up to Cypress Lookout and a quick walk in ubiquitous lovely forest.
September 2003 2003
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We had a fry-up with my housemates at Bon's (super cheap diner), then hit the road for a very quick touristy thing, driving up to Cypress Lookout and a quick walk in ubiquitous lovely forest.
thinkcharlene commented on the word ubiquitous
Law & Order - Season 15, Episode 16 - "The Sixth Man"
February 20, 2007
burntsox commented on the word ubiquitous
i see this word all over the place!
October 25, 2007
kaulnalin commented on the word ubiquitous
It seems Burntsox is peeved by the ubiquity of this word.
January 11, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word ubiquitous
There's a character in Comenius's Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart whose name is translated in English 'Searchall Ubiquitous'. He turns out to be rather a rogue...
August 20, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word ubiquitous
I finally decided today that this is my favourite word.
June 17, 2009
whichbe commented on the word ubiquitous
This word sticks out in my mind as the first new word I learned in 9th grade English glass.
June 17, 2009
davewphillips commented on the word ubiquitous
literally means "the thing speaks for itself"
July 5, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word ubiquitous
The phony umbrage that attends this word is ubiquitous but not quite omnipresent, I aver.
September 16, 2009