Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Present everywhere simultaneously.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Present in all places at the same time; everywhere present.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Present in all places at the same time; ubiquitous.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Being everywhere simultaneously

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective being present everywhere at once

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Medieval Latin omnipresēns, omnipresent- : Latin omni-, omni- + Latin praesēns, present participle of praeesse, to be present; see present.]

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Examples

  • When he explains that it is infinite and omnipresent, like poor Paddy's famed ale, the explanation 'thickens as it clears;' for being ourselves _finite_, and necessarily present on one small spot of our very small planet, the words _infinite_ and _omnipresent_ do not suggest to us either positive or practical ideas -- of course, therefore, we have neither positive nor practical ideas of an infinite and omnipresent Being.

    An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles Charles Southwell

  • But in order that the idea of omnipresent and omniscient information may be kept up, the young must be chronicled as quickly as the old.

    Doctor Thorne 2004

  • One would have said that the notion omnipresent in all his members, of his vast riches gave him

    The Guermantes Way 2003

  • But in order that the idea of omnipresent and omniscient information may be kept up, the young must be chronicled as quickly as the old.

    Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope 1848

  • If, then, we could suppose him to be omnipresent, that is, present in all places, should we not say he was the sad witness to all the outrages committed against his authority, and we should not entertain a very exalted opinion of his power if he permitted them to continue.

    The System of Nature, Volume 2 Paul Henri Thiry Holbach 1756

  • The standard is no longer head lettuce, but mesclun, or "baby lettuce mix," or whatever you choose to call the omnipresent pile of variably Like a lot of foodies, Monica Pope is a devoted stalker.

    WN.com - Articles related to Go green: Low cost ideas for organic food purchasing 2010

  • The standard is no longer head lettuce, but mesclun, or "baby lettuce mix," or whatever you choose to call the omnipresent pile of variably Like a lot of foodies, Monica Pope is a devoted stalker.

    WN.com - Articles related to Go green: Low cost ideas for organic food purchasing 2010

  • According to the Hutu spokesman, ethnic Nandes - primarily based in the north of the region - are 'omnipresent' in Nord-Kivu government posts.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • For most entrepreneurs, "taxes are more of a nasty afterthought, a kind of omnipresent hassle rather than a way to get away with something," says Daniel Pink, author of "Free Agent Nation," a new book about rising self-employment.

    Trying To Outfox Uncle Sam 2007

  • They just tell a straight chronology, and they tell it pretty much in the authorial voice, the kind of omnipresent, omniscient, god-like "here's what happened and then here's what happened next."

    Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong 1995

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