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cosmos1
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noun
the cosmos1The universe seen as a well-ordered whole.
‘he sat staring deep into the void, reminding himself of man's place in the cosmos’- ‘In this time there arose a widespread belief in the Heat Death of the Universe, the idea that the cosmos as a whole would eventually fizzle out just as a bouncing ball gradually dissipates its energy and comes to rest.’
- ‘For a pagan Platonist its particularity seemed scandalously incompatible with divine immutability and with a universal operation of providence in the cosmos as a whole.’
- ‘We respond to the luminous revelations of small transcendences rather than the ungraspable miracles of the universe or the cosmos.’
- ‘This is a unique look at the cosmos and the universe around us.’
- ‘Those are parts of the cosmos, but not the whole of the cosmos.’
- ‘But then on the other hand, the whole cosmos or universe is based on this love or compassion.’
- ‘Outer space, the cosmos, is a central element of what is regarded as psychedelic music.’
- ‘While it is important to note the mutuality of aid among the three estates, it is equally important to note that social ordering, like the ordering of the cosmos as a whole, was firmly hierarchical.’
- ‘But even the cosmos as a whole is not seen as the spiritually empty universe of astrophysicists and evolutionists, but the universe understood liturgically and reciprocally as a Cosmic Man.’
- ‘Their results suggest that the reionization of the cosmos occurred when the universe was 6-7 percent of its current age.’
- ‘Mathematical laws drive not only the microworld of atoms - and the forces linking them together - but the whole fabric of the cosmos.’
- ‘Any concern about the human relationship to the planet Earth is a vastly different consideration from that of the human relationship to the cosmos as a whole.’
- ‘And this meant that the whole of the cosmos was seen to be informed by a kind of Logos - or divine reason - which was ordering its patterns.’
- ‘She had expected them to eat as if seeking to become one with each grain, to chew the universe and swallow the cosmos.’
- ‘If we could learn to see mind as an essential rather than accidental aspect of the universe, a whole new sense of the cosmos and of ourselves would follow.’
- ‘Is ‘nature’ the cosmos rendered in anthropomorphic terms?’
- ‘It operates within the larger context of the local community and the rhythms and relationship of nature and the cosmos.’
- ‘The Goya concept is inspired by the idea of the cosmos, blending totality with the unspecific.’
- ‘In the space of seven years, the dark-energy revolution has rewritten textbook entries on how the universe operates and what will ultimately happen to the cosmos.’
- ‘Let us begin with the notion of the universe as cosmos.’
cosmos, macrocosm, totality, whole world, Creation, space, outer space, the heavens, the firmament- 1.1A system of thought.‘the new gender-free intellectual cosmos’
- ‘Hinduism is a subtle, complex, multi-dimensional spiritual cosmos.’
- ‘There were materialists who wholly denied the existence of that unseen spiritual cosmos of transmigration.’
- ‘Such a reading must highly qualify, if not disallow, any notion of a sacred cosmos.’
- ‘Should we, then, see Julian simply as a holdover from the premodern sacred cosmos?’
- ‘FW, who bares her heart selectively, creates a uterine cosmos, exclusively.’
Origin
Middle English from Greek kosmos ‘order or world’.
cosmos2
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noun
An ornamental plant of the daisy family, which bears single brightly coloured flowers and is native to Mexico and warm regions of America.
Genus Cosmos, family Compositae
‘Plant members of the daisy family, cosmos and yarrow to encourage beneficials.’- ‘Goldfinches also feed on the seed of goldenrod, coreopsis, cosmos, zinnias, dandelions and other weedy plants.’
- ‘Geraniums, dianthus, cosmos, sweet peas and even fuchsias are also popular.’
- ‘The cosmos and impatiens I planted this June may outlast me.’
- ‘Very fancy fences can be created from tall flowering annuals such as cleome, cosmos, dahlias, sweet peas and sunflowers for a display of spring, summer and autumn colour.’
- ‘If you are tempted to plant annual flower seedlings, consider the most heat-tolerant ones such as petunias, calendulas, cosmos & African marigolds.’
- ‘Sow annual flowers such as asters, cosmos, zinnias and marigolds as soon as the frost has passed and the air begins to warm up.’
- ‘A pink-flowered cosmos planted during the summer is at its best at the moment after spending the past few months developing bushy foliage with disappointingly few flowers.’
- ‘Reserve some space for colorful annuals like zinnia, marigold, calendula, alyssum, and cosmos.’
- ‘A black and green garden collection of 96 plants costs £120 and includes dark dahlias, cosmos, perilla and scabiosa and green euphorbias, gladiolus and zinnia.’
- ‘The blue shades of balloon flowers are striking when planted in combination with gold or deep orange cosmos or yarrows.’
- ‘Chamomile and cosmos are two other composites you might consider when planning your garden for the sake of beneficial insects.’
- ‘Later in the season there are many others such as coneflowers, cosmos, goldenrods, or lavender that they will enjoy.’
- ‘To carry the container plantings through the last remaining warm days, replant them with late-summer annuals such as cosmos, marigolds, salvias, or zinnias.’
- ‘When the weather warms up, sow seeds of cosmos, marigold, morning glory, portulaca, nasturtium, sunflower, and zinnia for splashes of color.’
- ‘Love-in-a mist, four-o'clock, cosmos, nasturtium, globe amaranth, balsam, and larkspur are a few I remember from childhood.’
- ‘Echo the fullness of the fruit in arrangements with berries and blooms, such as pale green nicotiana, chocolate cosmos, Oriental poppies, and viburnum.’
- ‘Many of these flowers - especially the cosmos - attract butterflies and hummingbirds.’
- ‘Annuals such as snapdragons, cosmos, zinnias, etc., are also planted in early spring after the last frost.’
- ‘Or plant chocolate cosmos and chocolate daisies near a garden bench where you'd like visitors to stop and sit.’
Origin
From Greek kosmos in the sense ‘ornament’.
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