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general-purpose |
general-purpose bomb |
generalcy |
generalia |
generalisation |
generalise
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| generalissimo
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generalise
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb generalise has 4 senses
- generalise(v = verb.communication) generalize - speak or write in generalities; Array is one way to mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
- generalise(v = verb.communication) extrapolate, generalize, infer - draw from specific cases for more general cases; Array is one way to conclude, reason, reason out
- generalise(v = verb.communication) generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize - 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" is one way to broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread
- generalise(v = verb.body) generalize - become systemic and spread throughout the body; "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system" is one way to distribute, spread
Derived form noun generalisation1
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue generalise
Derived forms noun generalisation4, noun generalisation2
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Somebody ----s something
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Somebody ----s something
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