What is an all-around one-word replacement for “applicable in every situation”?
What words should I replace the bolded phrase in this sentence? “Half
will be done by the people. All the people will be pleased’ ” and ” I don’t want anything to happen other than for a reason!. “
This would also fit nicely:
Generic
shared by/typical of, or relating to/genred a whole group of similar things relying upon or sharing a whole group
of similar things,
rather than to any particular thing: Source: Cambridge Dictionary of English.
While universal is probably the best answer I would like to add in to the mix Ubiquitous, globally applicable or present.
I am reading a very different post in another group when I see the word irru00e9fragable (in French, which is irrefragable in English) and depending on my (lots of) dictionnaries, I believe it is the answer.
Situational
This formula is situational and may vary.
As a foreigner, I thought of passe-partout according to Collins Dictionary : that which
passes or allows passage everywhere. The problem
is that you want a positive word but you can use a negative word as well. What doesn’t make it “pas passe-partout”, which would be a good expression, especially in French. But more something like inapplicable or non-applicable.
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 3rd Edition. Copyright 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2010. All rights reserved.
General, especially in mathematics: involving,
relating to, or applicable to every member of a class, kind, or group the
general equation of a straight line One
option you have is to say what the equation is rather than what it isn’t, such as: “This equation applies only to a special case.” “The
truth is you can make it work!”
Does a formula solve all the problems imaginable? What’s the most urgent problem that you have: technology, a panacea for all problems?
- How can we cure anyone with
AIDS and/or hypertension https://dictionary.cambridge.edu.gc.ca/? org/dictionary/English/panacea.
All-purpose
from The American Heritageu00ae Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
adj. Has many purposes or uses: An all-purpose thread.
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Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License adj. for all purposes; general-purpose
from the GNU version of the Cooperative International Dictionary of English
adj. (CIDE). Not limited in use or function.
From WordNet 3. Copyright 2006 Princeton University.
adj. + adj. not limited in use or function.
Silver Bullet
: something — something that — acts as a magical weapon; especially : one that instantly solves
a long-standing problem; To say you “need something” is to say nothing will magically solve the problem, like a Universal Formula would.