ubiquity

ubi·quity
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UK/juːˈbɪkwɪti/Canada, US/juˈbɪkwɪti/Canada, US/juˈbɪkwəti/Australia/jʉːˈbɪkwɪti/

noun

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

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 22

Meanings

nounubiquity (countable and uncountable, plural ubiquities)

plural ubiquities

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

    Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose.

    1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii
    2 more examples

    It would be hard to exaggerate the ubiquity of the diminutive (-ito, -ita) in Latin American Spanish, which originates from the extreme reverence and indulgence accorded to the young.

    2004, Martin Amis, The Guardian, reprinted in The Rub of Time (NY: Knopf, 2018), p. 228

    The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.

    2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26
  2. countablesciencesAnything that is ubiquitous within a specified area.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

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

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinubīque
  2. Medieval Latinubīquitās
  3. Englishubiquity

From Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubīque.

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Translations

Bulgarian вездесъщост
  • вездесъщост (vezdesăštost)omnipresence
Catalan ubiqüitat
  • ubiqüitatomnipresence
Chinese Mandarin 無處不在 /无处不在, 無所不在 /无所不在
  • 無處不在 /无处不在 (wúchùbùzài)omnipresence
  • 無所不在 /无所不在 (wúsuǒbùzài)omnipresence
Danish allestedsnærværelse
  • allestedsnærværelseomnipresence
Dutch alomtegenwoordigheid
  • alomtegenwoordigheidomnipresence
Finnish läsnäolo kaikkialla
  • läsnäolo kaikkiallaomnipresence
French ubiquité
  • ubiquitéomnipresence
German Allgegenwärtigkeit, Allgegenwart
  • Allgegenwärtigkeitomnipresence
  • Allgegenwartomnipresence
  • Ubiquitätomnipresence
  • Omnipräsenzomnipresence
Hungarian mindenütt jelenvalóság
  • mindenütt jelenvalóságomnipresence
Indonesian mahahadir
  • mahahadiromnipresence
Italian ubiquità
  • ubiquitàomnipresence
Polish wszechobecność
  • wszechobecnośćomnipresence
Portuguese ubiquidade
  • ubiquidadeomnipresence
Romanian ubicuitate
  • ubicuitateomnipresence
Russian повсеме́стность
  • повсеме́стность (povseméstnostʹ)omnipresence
Spanish ubicuidad
  • ubicuidadomnipresence
Swedish allestädesnärvaro, ubikvitet
  • allestädesnärvaroomnipresence
  • ubikvitetomnipresence

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ubiquity

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Cite this entry
APA

ubiquity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ubiquity

MLA

“ubiquity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ubiquity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ubiquity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ubiquity.

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