adj.

Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent: “plodded through the shadows fruitlessly like an ubiquitous spook” (Joseph Heller).

ubiquitously u·biq'ui·tous·ly adv.
ubiquitousness u·biq'ui·tous·ness n.

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"I predict the end of the ubiquitous iPod is at hand when the music phone goes on the market."

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Found in large quantities everywhere. This English word means "all over the place."

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adjective

Ever present in all places: omnipresent, universal. See limited/unlimited, specific/general.

adj

Definition: ever-present
Antonyms: rare, scarce

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[back-formation from ubiquitous or ubiquity, fr. L. ubique, everywhere]
obs.  to make ubiquitous (as to turn up everywhere)

IN BRIEF: Seemingly present everywhere.

Political signs are ubiquitous right before any election.

Common misspelling(s) of ubiquitous

• ubiquitious

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - allestedsnærværende

Nederlands (Dutch)
alomtegenwoordig

Français (French)
adj. - omniprésent

Deutsch (German)
adj. - allgegenwärtig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πανταχού παρών

Italiano (Italian)
onnipresente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ubíquo

Русский (Russian)
вездесущий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ubicuo, omnipresente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - allmänt utbredd

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
到处存在的, 普遍存在的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 到處存在的, 普遍存在的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 도처에 편재하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - いたるところにある

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كلي الوجود‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נמצא בכל מקום, נמצא בכמה מקומות בו-זמנית‬

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