MEANING
Present or encountered everywhere within a place, group, or situation; seemingly universal.
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Use when something seems to be everywhere across a setting or society.Make a detail feel commonplace throughout a city, institution, or culture.
Words that belong together
- ubiquitous presence
- ubiquitous technology
- ubiquitous feature
- virtually ubiquitous
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Smartphones were so ubiquitous in the city that even the night guards used them.
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Often suggests something encountered in many places, not literally every place; it usually modifies a noun.
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