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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The three aforementioned timelines each branch off in separate directions of their own, like the MCU multiverse but good. Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024 Jackman last appeared as Wolverine in what was supposed to be the character’s swan song with Logan in 2017, but Deadpool & Wolverine was able to bring the actor’s deceased character back to life via Marvel’s multiverse. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024 The publisher’s multiplicity of genres and characters will always tend more toward a multiverse than the more streamlined Marvel narrative. Christian Holub, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024 Perhaps instead of being part of something too immense to understand Or inhabiting an expanding multiverse in which every possibility is realized And equally real, each person’s life might be in some sense all there is, Whatever that might mean. John Koethe, The New York Review of Books, 12 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 22 Dec. 2024.

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