English dictionary
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English verb: generalise | |||
| 1. | generalise (communication) speak or write in generalities | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue generalise | ||
| Synonyms | generalize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
| Antonyms | particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify | ||
| 2. | generalise (communication) draw from specific cases for more general cases | ||
| Synonyms | extrapolate, generalize, infer | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conclude, reason, reason out | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | overgeneralise, overgeneralize, universalise, universalize | ||
| 3. | generalise (communication) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | ||
| Samples | They popularized coffee in Washington State. Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors. | ||
| Synonyms | generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread | ||
| Verb group | popularise, popularize | ||
| 4. | generalise (body) become systemic and spread throughout the body | ||
| Samples | This kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system. | ||
| Synonyms | generalize | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | distribute, spread | ||
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