Entry Word: universal

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 able to do many different kinds of things <a universal wrench> — see versatile
2 belonging or relating to the whole <the human race's universal need for affection> — see general 1
3 covering everything or all important points <the genius of Leonardo da Vinci was universal: he was an artist, an architect, an engineer, and a scientist, among other things> — see encyclopedic
4 present in all places and at all times <after its home team won the national championship, throughout the city a sense of pride was as universal as the air> — see omnipresent