ubiquity

noun

ubiq·​ui·​ty yü-ˈbi-kwə-tē How to pronounce ubiquity (audio)
: presence everywhere or in many places especially simultaneously : omnipresence

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Few tunes have come close to matching its ubiquity and commercial success. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 Yet despite their ubiquity in the environment and in research labs (where the nematode C. elegans is a common model organism), a new discovery highlights that there’s still a lot left to learn about these worms. Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 5 June 2025 Has any country been quite so successful in effacing a people through the ubiquity of their representation on stamps, in schoolboy games and on billboards for tourist destinations along Route 66? Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025 Its eerie ubiquity signaled the kickoff of a promotional campaign. Amanda Hess, Vogue, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for ubiquity

Word History

Etymology

Latin ubique everywhere, from ubi where + -que, enclitic generalizing particle; akin to Latin quis who and to Latin -que and — more at who, sesqui-

First Known Use

1572, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ubiquity was in 1572

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“Ubiquity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ubiquity. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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