| General |
a. |
Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy. |
| General |
a. |
Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or conclusion. |
| General |
a. |
Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression. |
| General |
a. |
Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom. |
| General |
a. |
Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam, our general sire. |
| General |
a. |
As a whole; in gross; for the most part. |
| General |
a. |
Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method. |
| General |
a. |
The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part;
opposed to particular. |
| General |
a. |
One of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal. |
| General |
a. |
The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general. |
| General |
a. |
The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule. |
| General |
a. |
The public; the people; the vulgar. |
| Generalia |
n. pl. |
Generalities; general terms. |
| Generalissimo |
a. |
The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders;
a title used in most foreign countries. |
| Generalities |
pl. |
of Generality |
| Generality |
n. |
The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. |
| Generality |
n. |
That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase. |
| Generality |
n. |
The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind. |
| Generalizable |
a. |
Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. |
| Generalization |
n. |
The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars. |
| Generalization |
n. |
A general inference. |
| Generalize |
v. t. |
To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera. |
| Generalize |
v. t. |
To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more extensive application; to extend so as to include all special cases; to make universal in application, as a formula or rule. |
| Generalize |
v. t. |
To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars. |
| Generalize |
v. i. |
To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views. |
| Generalized |
imp. & p. p. |
of Generalize |
| Generalized |
a. |
Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type. |
| Generalizer |
n. |
One who takes general or comprehensive views. |
| Generalizing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Generalize |
| Generally |
adv. |
In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently. |
| Generally |
adv. |
In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively. |
| Generally |
adv. |
Collectively; as a whole; without omissions. |
| Generalness |
n. |
The condition or quality of being general; frequency; commonness. |
| Generalship |
n. |
The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general;
sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general. |
| Generalship |
n. |
Military skill in a general officer or commander. |
| Generalship |
n. |
Fig.: Leadership; management. |
| Generalty |
n. |
Generality. |
