Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent: "plodded through the shadows fruitlessly like an ubiquitous spook” ( Joseph Heller).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Being or existing everywhere; actually or apparently omnipresent: often used in an exaggerated or humorous sense.
Wiktionary
- adj. Being everywhere at once: omnipresent.
- adj. Seeming to appear everywhere at the same time.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same time; omnipresent.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. being present everywhere at once
Etymologies
- From Latin ubique ("everywhere"), from ubi ("where"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“His own goal was to see us reach the same state in respect of computing - hence the term ubiquitous computing.”
“So ubiquitous is this t-shirt in Washington, even President Obama's supporters have appropriated it.”
The Washington Post: Poll: Which other Bad Brains album cover would make the best t-shirt?
“The need to cover one's nether regions, while not ubiquitous, is nearly so.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The word ubiquitous was used in an article willi and I read shortly after the school year started in reference to student dress codes.”
“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.”
“The ever-astute Phil Agre offers several good links for those interested in ubiquitous computing.”
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » All Things Pervasive: Good Ubicomp Resources
“His smiling face adorns Warsaw in ubiquitous advertisements and he was named the fourth-best athlete in Poland last year, finishing only behind Olympic medalists.”
USATODAY.com - Olisadebe has countrymen feeling polar opposite
“To encounter their vigilance with watchfulness as alert, to confound their swift counsels with sudden alarm, to penetrate their ambuscades and anticipate their cunning with incessant activity, to be, in short, ubiquitous, was the duty of Captain Lyon.”
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ubiquitous’.
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1100
abound, technology, branch of knowled..., prognosticate, automaton, matron, an older married ..., realm, special field of ..., kingdom, annals, historical records and 981 more...
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echt, apocalypse, resurgence, forthright, logorrhea, mercurial, torrid, exorcise, obscure, intrusive, morose, vindictive and 100 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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GRE 2014
abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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(1st_wk_150)-Dec_5_2012
replete, steeped, eminent, indiscriminate, voracious, automaton, prognosticate, technology, abound, matron, tinge, compound and 297 more...
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also
all so (true): everywhere, always and by all: Quod semper, quod ubique, quod ab omnibus
sic et non, be-all-sides, too, besides, as well, all will be well, plus, all around, more further, sides be, likewise, wise-like and 27 more...
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Recently Loved Words
Valentine's Day is coming up, so here's a list of words that have been "loved" here on Wordnik (our favorite site with a heart as part of its logo).
howl, lichenous, uncomplicated, siliceous, clatter, hubris, dervish, articulated, acerbic, Recently Loved Words, mellifluous, anomaly and 45 more...
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GRE 1100
drudgery, implore, hapless, nuance, wrest, incipient, inadvertent, tremulous, bristle, euphemism, disdain, pugnacious and 346 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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scholarly writing words
decrement, replete, impel, iterative, subsume, tacit, vex, denote, impart, ascertain, coalesce, extant and 49 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1896 more...
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All The Words
I enjoy collecting words, for I have no fear of them ever running out.
anacoluthon, defenestration, hypnopomp, hypnagogue, idioglossia, panopticon, tatterdemalion, abalone, caltrop, miasma, paroxysm, smalt and 476 more...
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1100 words you need to know
GRE words
voracious, indiscriminate, replete, steeped, eminent, perceive, intrepid, compound, automaton, reticent, interminable, drudgery and 288 more...
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ICE
quincunx, adoxography, panjundrum, breloque, surd, scripturient, rousant, favrile, embouchure, aquarelle, griffonage, sussultatory and 234 more...
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word tank
a couple words
logolepsy, nefarious, quintessential, tintinnabulation, serendipity, rhapsody, palimpsest, panoply, mellifluous, imbue, loquacious, garrulous and 174 more...
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Words I Know
List of most of the words I've learned
garner, abase, abate, abdicate, abduct, aberration, abet, abhor, abide, abject, abjure, abnegation and 1046 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for ubiquitous.
hernesheir The phony umbrage that attends this word is ubiquitous but not quite omnipresent, I aver. Sep 16, 2009
davewphillips literally means "the thing speaks for itself" Jul 5, 2009
whichbe This word sticks out in my mind as the first new word I learned in 9th grade English glass. Jun 17, 2009
milosrdenstvi I finally decided today that this is my favourite word. Jun 17, 2009
milosrdenstvi 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... Aug 20, 2008
kaulnalin It seems Burntsox is peeved by the ubiquity of this word. Jan 11, 2008
burntsox i see this word all over the place! Oct 25, 2007
thinkcharlene Law & Order - Season 15, Episode 16 - "The Sixth Man" Feb 20, 2007