verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard
2. 2
   become systemic and spread throughout the body wordnet
3. 3
   cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use wordnet
4. 4
   draw from specific cases for more general cases wordnet
5. 5
   speak or write in generalities wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

extrapolategeneralizegeneralizeinferpopularisepopularize

Antonyms

All antonyms

specialize

Example

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"It is dangerous to generalise about a situation which you do not fully understand."

Etymology

From general + -ise.

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