: presence everywhere or in many places especially simultaneously : omnipresence

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Beyond the simple pleasure of great films on the big screen, Base sees Monroe’s ubiquity as a way to advance a broader effort to democratize the festival. — Ben Croll, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026 While Google is trying to move beyond Chromebooks, the ubiquity of these devices has made the company’s education products huge in schools. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026 As with the road from BitTorrent to Netflix, from illicit game key generators to Steam, or from Limewire to Spotify, software companies will have to adapt to the accessibility and ubiquity of free alternatives that do what their apps do. — Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026 Obviously, judging by their ubiquity in pop culture, the world loves a psycho killer. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 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 Nov. 2026.

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