Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expanded universe

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pand-ed u-ni-verse
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In fiction, the extension of a media franchise (i.e. a television show, series of feature films, etc.) with other media (generally comics and original novels), often with the result being that the stories described in the other media are not considered canon in the original.

Example Sentences

"The Star Wars novels, comics, video games, television series, and radio shows created between 1977 and 2012 all constitute an original Expanded Universe (EU) of in-universe history and lore set within the same transmedia franchise."

Inflected Forms

expanded universes (plural)

Questions

What does expanded universe mean?: In fiction, the extension of a media franchise (i.e. a television show, series of feature films, etc.) with other media (generally comics and original novels), often with the result being that the stories described in the other media are not considered canon in the original.

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