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generalise

Pronunciation:  'jenuru`lIz

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Matching Terms:  generalisation, generalised, generalissimo, generalist

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 Definition: 
  1. [v]  become systemic; spread throughout the body; of diseases and infections
  2. [v]  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"
  3. [v]  draw from specific cases for more general cases
  4. [v]  speak or write in generalities
 
 Synonyms: extrapolate, generalize, generalize, infer, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize
 
 Antonyms: particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify
 
 See Also: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, conclude, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, distribute, mouth, overgeneralise, overgeneralize, pass around, propagate, reason, reason out, speak, spread, spread, talk, universalise, universalize, utter, verbalise, verbalize

 

 

 

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