Ubiquity | SAT Vocabulary That's Literally Everywhere

Quiz yourself: Ubiquity is the quality of: A, being everywhere. B, being infinite. C, objective attractiveness. D, perceptiveness. Answer inside!

📚️ Definition of Ubiquity

Ubiquity (noun): The state or quality of being present, found, or encountered everywhere; the fact of appearing or existing in all places at seemingly the same time. Example: the ubiquity of smartphones and coffee shops.

🗣️ Pronunciation of Ubiquity

• IPA: /juːˈbɪk.wɪ.ti/ (See IPA key)

• Respelling: yoo-BIK-wih-tee

📰 Examples of Ubiquity

Here are some examples of the word ubiquity:

• The ubiquity of autocorrect has created a convenient excuse for when we may have inadvertently expressed our true feelings.

• According to recent telecom research, over 5.6 billion people now own a mobile phone, showing the ubiquity of the technology.

• On the ubiquity of computers (interestingly, written more than three decades ago): “The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.” — Mark Weiser, “The Computer for the 21st Century” (1991).

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Quiz answer: A.