ubiquitous
- Seeming to appear everywhere at the same time; present or found in many places simultaneously.
In a sentence
- Smartphones have become so ubiquitous that it is now unusual to see someone without one.
- The ubiquitous smell of coffee greeted visitors at every corner of the conference.
Usage note. Ubiquitous is slightly hyperbolic by nature; reserve it for things that are genuinely pervasive rather than merely common, to avoid diluting its force.
Where it comes from
English ubiquitous · entered English mid-19th c.
From modern Latin ubiquitosus, built on Latin ubique, meaning 'everywhere' (from ubi, 'where,' plus the generalizing suffix -que). It entered English in the mid-19th century, initially in theological contexts describing God's omnipresence.