multiverse

noun

mul·​ti·​verse ˈməl-tē-ˌvərs How to pronounce multiverse (audio)
cosmology
: a theoretical reality that includes a possibly infinite number of parallel universes

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And at the end of season 2, when the Watcher takes Peggy to look out at the multiverse, it's taken the form of the tree of stories that Loki sits in the middle of at the end of Loki season 2. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024 Getting there requires navigating a Schrödinger possibility field (S-field) that remaps matter into other possibilities from the multiverse — one projection predicts a Starfleet officer with a cactus for a head. Richard Edwards, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024 Fortnite is something of a media multiverse, a digital playground where all the popular franchises collide, from Dragon Ball to Family Guy; Skibidi Toilet’s entry to the Fortnite-verse perhaps marks its official entry into mainstream pop culture. Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 Now in its eighth weekend of release, the Marvel Studios multiverse mash-up is winding down its run, but the marketplace isn’t showing much other signs of life. J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for multiverse 

Word History

Etymology

multi- + -verse (in universe)

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of multiverse was in 1963

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“Multiverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiverse. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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