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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm]
2: any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals [syn: cosmos, cosmea]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Greek kosmos Date: 1596 1. a. universe 1 b. (1) an orderly harmonious systematic universe — compare chaos (2) order, harmony 2. a complex orderly self-inclusive system 3. plural cosmos also cosmoses [New Latin, genus name, from Greek kosmos] any of a genus (Cosmos) of tropical American composite herbs; especially a widely cultivated tall annual (C. bipinnatus) with yellow or red disks and showy ray flowers

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. 1 the universe, esp. as a well-ordered whole. 2 a an ordered system of ideas etc. b a sum total of experience. Etymology: Gk kosmos 2. n. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, bearing single dahlia-like blossoms of various colours. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk kosmos in sense 'ornament'

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cosmos Cos"mos, n. (Bot.) A genus of composite plants closely related to Bidens, usually with very showy flowers, some with yellow, others with red, scarlet, purple, white, or lilac rays. They are natives of the warmer parts of America, and many species are cultivated. Cosmos bipinnatus and C. diversifolius are among the best-known species; C. caudatus, of the West Indies, is widely naturalized.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cosmos Cos"mos (k[o^]z"m[o^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`smos order, harmony, the world (from its perfect order and arrangement); akin to Skr. [,c]ad to distinguish one's self.] 1. The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it. 2. The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony. --Humboldt.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

The cosmos is the universe. (LITERARY) ...the natural laws of the cosmos. N-SING: the N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Universe.

Moby Thesaurus

Copernican universe, Einsteinian universe, Newtonian universe, Ptolemaic universe, all, all being, all creation, allness, created nature, created universe, creation, everything that is, expanding universe, macrocosm, macrocosmos, megacosm, metagalaxy, nature, omneity, plenum, pulsating universe, sidereal universe, steady-state universe, sum of things, system, totality, totality of being, universe, whole wide world, wide world, world, world without end