adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of generalize form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Made more general, less specialized.

   "The generalized formula applies to all cases, the specialized one only works on simple problems."

2. 2
   Spread throughout or affecting the entire body or body part.

Adjective

1. 1
   not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abstractabstractblandbroadcollectivefeatureless

Example

More examples

"Lemma 5 cannot be generalized to arbitrary artinian rings."

Related phrases

generalized anxiety disordergeneralized circlegeneralized continued fractiongeneralized continuum hypothesisgeneralized elementgeneralized estimating equationgeneralized search tree

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