The Collaborative International Dictionary
Universe of discourse
Universe of discourse \U"ni*verse of dis"course\, n. everything which may be considered, explicitly or implicitly, in a particular theory or discussion.
Wiktionary
universe of discourse
n. (context logic English) The set of all entities over which quantifiers—including "for all" and "there exists"—range.
WordNet
universe of discourse
n. everything stated or assumed in a given discussion [syn: universe]
Usage examples of "universe of discourse".
That the universe of discourse permits both time travel and the changing of the past.
The very fact that we increasingly like the results indicates that something we might just as well call free will is operating somewhere in the universe of discourse in which we're moving and thinking therefore maybe in the real universe and that we'd damn well better be responsible and responsive to it.