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(noun) everything stated or assumed in a given discussion |
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Synonyms: universe of discourse |
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Related Words: cognitive content, content, mental object |
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(noun) the whole collection of existing things |
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Synonyms: cosmos |
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Related Words: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection |
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(noun) everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" |
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Synonyms: cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, nature, world |
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Related Words: natural object, natural order |
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(noun) (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" |
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Synonyms: population |
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Related Words: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, subpopulation |
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