GENERALIZE
\d͡ʒˈɛnəɹə͡lˌa͡ɪz], \dʒˈɛnəɹəlˌaɪz], \dʒ_ˈɛ_n_ə_ɹ_əl_ˌaɪ_z]\
Definitions of GENERALIZE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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draw from specific cases for more general cases
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cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
By Princeton University
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draw from specific cases for more general cases
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become systemic; spread throughout the body; of diseases and infections
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cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars.
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To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.
By Oddity Software
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To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars.
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To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.
By Noah Webster.
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To reduce to, or arrange in, a class or classes; to discover (a general rule) from particular instances.
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To draw broad, general conclusions.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make general: to reduce or to include under a genus or general term: to infer from one or a few the nature of a whole class.
By Daniel Lyons
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