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ubiquity

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /juːˈbɪkwɪti/
  • Canada, General-American: /juˈbɪkwɪti/
  • Canada, General-American: /juˈbɪkwəti/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /jʉːˈbɪkwɪti/
  • New-Zealand: /jʉːˈbəkwəti/
  • rhymes with -ɪkwɪti
  • CMU ARPABET: Y UW0 B IH1 K W IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Anything that is ubiquitous within a specified area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ubiquitousness, omnipresence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: presence

History

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubīque.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: вездесъщост (vezdesǎštost) — omnipresence
  • Catalan: ubiqüitat — omnipresence
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無處不在 /无处不在 (wúchùbùzài) — omnipresence
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無所不在 /无所不在 (wúsuǒbùzài) — omnipresence
  • Danish: allestedsnærværelse — omnipresence
  • Dutch: alomtegenwoordigheid — omnipresence
  • Finnish: läsnäolo kaikkialla — omnipresence
  • French: ubiquité — omnipresence
  • Galician: ubicuidade — omnipresence
  • German: Allgegenwärtigkeit — omnipresence
  • German: Allgegenwart — omnipresence
  • German: Ubiquität — omnipresence
  • German: Omnipräsenz — omnipresence
  • Hungarian: mindenütt jelenvalóság — omnipresence
  • Ido: ubiqueso — omnipresence
  • Indonesian: mahahadir — omnipresence
  • Italian: ubiquità — omnipresence
  • Macedonian: сепри́сутност (seprísutnost) — omnipresence
  • Occitan: ubquïtat — omnipresence
  • Polish: wszechobecność — omnipresence
  • Portuguese: ubiquidade — omnipresence
  • Romanian: ubicuitate — omnipresence
  • Russian: повсеме́стность (povseméstnostʹ) — omnipresence
  • Slovene: vseprisotnost — omnipresence
  • Spanish: ubicuidad — omnipresence
  • Swedish: allestädesnärvaro — omnipresence
  • Swedish: ubikvitet — omnipresence