Generalize

//ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹə.laɪz//

Synonyms for "generalize" (35 found)

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Translations

61 translations across 27 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • عَمَّم verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)
  • عَمَّمَ verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • говоря общо verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • обобщавам verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)
  • разпространявам verb (to spread throughout the body and become systemic)

Catalan

1 entries
  • generalitzar verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 全身擴散 /全身扩散 verb (to spread throughout the body and become systemic)
  • 普遍化 verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)
  • 歸納 /归纳 verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)
  • 籠統而談 /笼统而谈 verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)

Czech

1 entries
  • zobecnit verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)

Danish

1 entries
  • generalisere verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • vastiĝi verb (to spread throughout the body and become systemic)
  • ĝeneraligi verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)
  • ĝeneraliĝi verb (to spread throughout the body and become systemic)

Finnish

3 entries
  • levitä verb (to spread throughout the body and become systemic)
  • yleistää verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • yleistää verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)

French

4 entries
  • faire des amalgames verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • généraliser verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • généraliser verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)
  • généraliser verb (to spread throughout the body and become systemic)

Galician

2 entries
  • xeneralizar verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • xeneralizar verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)

Georgian

2 entries
  • განზოგადება verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • განზოგადება verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)

German

4 entries
  • generalisieren verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • generalisieren verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)
  • pauschalisieren verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • sich ausbreiten verb (to spread throughout the body and become systemic)

Greek

1 entries
  • γενικεύω verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)

Hindi

1 entries
  • व्यापक करना verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • általánosít verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)

Italian

1 entries
  • generalizzare verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • збо́рува о́пшто verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • о́бопшти verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)
  • про́шири verb (to spread throughout the body and become systemic)
  • ши́ри verb (to spread throughout the body and become systemic)

Occitan

1 entries
  • generalizar verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)

Polish

4 entries
  • generalizować verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • uogólniać verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • uogólniać verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)
  • uogólnić verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • generalizar verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • generalizar verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)
  • generalizar-se verb (to spread throughout the body and become systemic)

Romanian

3 entries
  • generaliza verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • generaliza verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)
  • generaliza verb (to spread throughout the body and become systemic)

Russian

2 entries
  • обобща́ть verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)
  • обобщи́ть verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • ginearalaich verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • ginearalaich verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)

Slovene

1 entries
  • posplošiti verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)

Spanish

1 entries
  • generalizar verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)

Swedish

2 entries
  • generalisera verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)
  • generalisera verb (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nói chung chung verb (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You can't just generalize like that.

Source: tatoeba (5270119)

Don't generalize about an entire group of people just because you had some bad experiences.

Source: tatoeba (5270120)

In general, people who generalize are imbeciles, but only in general.

Source: tatoeba (6809304)

Don't generalize your personal problems.

Source: tatoeba (9431172)

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