From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe universethe universeHAall space, including all the stars and planetsin the universe everything in the universe → universe
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in the universe• This energy is dissipated as heat, and increases the amount of disorder in the universe.• Their mutual opposition was the source of all the energy in the universe.• Children of scientists learn early on just how relative everything in the universe really is.• Moreover, even the types of particles that exist in the universe would depend on the temperature.• Fashions in the universe of picture restoration - I speak from recent but devoted authority - tend to change.• Before life, there was no complex matter in the universe.• There is no purpose or meaning in the universe.• Need, not greed, is what he supplies and, believe me, he is the best supplier in the universe. 