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Definition: Ubiquitous |
UbiquitousAdjective1. Being present everywhere at once. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ubiquitous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1843. (references) |
Note: Ubiquitous \U*biq"ui*tous\, adjective. [See Ubiquity.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: UbiquitousSynonym: omnipresent (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Presence | Ubiquitous, ubiquitary; omnipresent; universally present. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ubiquitous |
| English words defined with "ubiquitous": Achillea millefolium, Arctium minus ♦ common burdock, competitive, corn mayweed ♦ lesser burdock ♦ Matricaria inodorum, milfoil, militant ♦ scentless camomile, scentless false camomile, scentless hayweed, scentless mayweed ♦ Tripleurospermum inodorum ♦ Ubiquarian, Ubiquitariness, Ubiquitary ♦ yarrow. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ubiquitous": Band 3 Protein ♦ fear and loathing ♦ national information infrastructure, NF-kappa B ♦ pencil and paper ♦ ubiquitous computing, Universal Communications X, Use the Source Luke, UTSL. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ubiquitous": Ubiquitariness. (references) |
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 | Candida spp. are ubiquitous and colonize over 50% of healthy individuals. Up to 14% of patients with immunocompromising disease develop systemic candidiasis which predominantly infects mucous membranes. Credit: CDC. |  | The ubiquitous mosquito of bayou country. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | The ubiquitous shrimper. Credit: Fisheries. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Ubiquitous in the environment. (references) | |
HPIVs can remain infectious in aerosols for over an hour. HPIVs are ubiquitous and infect most people during childhood. (references) | ||
L.pneumophila, an ubiquitous aquatic organism that thrives in warm environments (32- 45oC) causes over 90% of LD in the United States. (references) | ||
Business | Moreover, many of the ubiquitous family-run firms are finding it difficult to adapt to the new administration practices being implemented. (references) | |
The ubiquitous Internet will enable them to reach out to their customers throughout China, and business-to-business transactions may follow. (references) | ||
There are fundamentally no barriers to trade and investment in the tourism industry, but newcomers to the market should be aware of the increasing strictness of the environmental provisions and, most importantly, of the ubiquitous policy of black empowerment. (references) | ||
Economic History | Australia | Internet access is affordable and ubiquitous in Australia. (references) |
Russia | Television, radio, print, and billboard media are ubiquitous in the Russian market. (references) | |
Ukraine | Corruption is ubiquitous and constitutes a major impediment to investment and business development. (references) | |
Political Economy | Pakistan | As in many developing countries, corruption is an unwelcome, but ubiquitous, part of the business climate in Pakistan. (references) |
Trade | Russia | In addition to tariffs, there are two types of charges applied to imports, the ubiquitous Value Added Tax (VAT) and selective excise taxes. (references) |
Travel | Lebanon | American fast food chains are ubiquitous (including McDonald's, Burger King, TGIF Friday's, Johnny Rockets, Sports Cafe, Hard Rock Cafe, Chilis, Hardee's, Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Popeye's, Dunkin' Donuts, and Planet Hollywood). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ubiquitous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.16% of the time. "Ubiquitous" is used about 359 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.16% | 356 | 15,102 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.84% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 359 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "ubiquitous": ubiquitous computing. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ubiquitous | 58 |
ubiquitous computing | 13 |
define ubiquitous | 6 |
definition ubiquitous | 6 |
computing home in ubiquitous | 2 |
ovoid ubiquitous | 2 |
network ubiquitous | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ubiquitous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | alteenwoordig (omnipresent), alomteenwoordig (omnipresent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i kudogjendur, i gjithëpranishëm (omnipresent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كلية الوجود (omnipresence), وجود الشىء في كل مكان (ubiquity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | който се среща навсякъде, вездесъщ (omnipresent), повсеместен (across the board, all over, general, nationwide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 普遍存在, 普及 (popular, universal, widespread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | všudypřítomný (omnipresent), všude se vyskytující. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ubikvitært molekyle (ubiquitous molecule), område med allestedsnærværende drift (area of ubiquitous operation), forurenende stof som forekommer overalt (ubiquitous pollutant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | alomtegenwoordig (omnipresent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ĉieesta (omnipresent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | موجوددرهمه جا, همه جاحاضر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ubikvitaarinen saaste (ubiquitous pollutant), koko elimistössä yleinen molekyyli (ubiquitous molecule), kaikkialla huomaamattomasti tapahtuva tietojen käsittely (embodied computing, ubiquitous computing), kaikkialla esiintyvä saaste (ubiquitous pollutant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | omniprésent, doué d'ubiquité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | allgegenwärtig (omnipresent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πανταχού παρών (omnipresent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מצא בכל מקום. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mindenütt jelenlevõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | onnipresente (omnipresent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 普遍的 (omnipresent, universal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふへ"てき (omnipresent, universal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 편재하". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ooilley-ynnydagh (omnipresent), ooilley-laaragh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iquitousubay ubíquo (omnipresent). (various references) вездесущий (ever-present, omnipresence, omnipresent), повсеместный (general, pervasive). (various references) sveprisutan (omnipresent). (various references) ubicuo. (various references) allestädes närvarande (omnipresent). (various references) her yerde birden bulunan. (various references) повсюдний (general, omnipresent). (various references) ở đâu cũng có; đ"ng thời ở khắp nơi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ubiquitous": ubiquitously, ubiquitousness, ubiquitousnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Ubiquitous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: obiquitous, ubbiquitous, ubiguitous, ubiouitous, ubiqitous, ubiqiuitous, ubiqiutous, ubiquetous, ubiquiatous, ubiquidous, ubiquious, ubiquitios, ubiquitious, ubiquitis, ubiquitius, ubiquitons, ubiquitos, ubiquitouse, ubiquitoust, ubiquitrous, ubiquituos, ubiquituous, ubiquitus, ubiquotous, ubiqutious, ubiqutitous, ubiqutous, ubitquitous, ubituitous, ubliquitous, ubquitous, ubuquitous, udiquitous, umbiquitous, unbiquitous. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ubiquitous" (pronounced yuwbi"kwutus) |
| 4 | -u t u s | calamitous, circuitous, duplicitous, emeritus, felicitous, fortuitous, gratuitous, gravitas, impetus, precipitous, prophetess, riotous, serendipitous, solicitous. |
| 3 | -t u s | apparatus, apprentice, armistice, arthritis, asbestos, berettas, bronchitis, cactus, countess, detritus, encephalitis, eucalyptus, fetus, gastritis, glottis, gratis, hepatitis, hiatus, hostess, injustice, justice, laryngitis, lattice, lettuce, Lotus, malpractice, margaritas, mastoiditis, meningitis, momentous, notice, osteoarthritis, portentous, poultice, priestess, prospectus, robustas, situs, status, Stratus, tortoise, treatise. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-i-i-o-q-s-t-u-u-u" | |
-4 letters: quoits, subito. | |
-5 letters: bouts, obits, quits, quoit, squib. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i-i-o-q-s-t-u-u-u" | |
+2 letters: ubiquitously. | |
+4 letters: ubiquitousness. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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