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ubiquitous

juːˈbɪkwɪtəsadjective

What does ubiquitous mean?

Found everywhere, all the time.

Ubiquitous, six ways

PlainFound everywhere, all the time.
ADHDEverywhere. All the time. Can’t escape it.
Gen ZLiterally everywhere. Like phone chargers at an airport, or that one song last summer.
MetaphorAir: you stop noticing it because it is everywhere.
FormalPresent, appearing, or found everywhere.
Like I’m 5Something that is in every single place you look, like ants at a picnic. That’s ubiquitous.

How to pronounce ubiquitous

yoo-BIK-wih-tus/juːˈbɪkwɪtəs/

Ubiquitous in a sentence

Coffee shops are ubiquitous in this city.
Phones are ubiquitous at concerts now.
Plastic is ubiquitous in the oceans.

Synonyms for ubiquitous

everywherePlainer.
pervasiveSpread through everything, often unwelcome.
omnipresentPresent everywhere at once.

Where ubiquitous comes from

Latin. Ubique, everywhere. Theologians used it first, in the 1500s, about God being present in all places.

Good to know

From Latin ubique, everywhere. Common in tech and business writing, where everywhere often works better.

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