Generalize Definition

jĕnər-ə-līz
generalized, generalizes, generalizing
verb
generalized, generalizes, generalizing
To reduce to a general form, class, or law.
American Heritage Medicine
To render indefinite or unspecific.
American Heritage Medicine
To formulate general principles or inferences from particulars.
Webster's New World
To infer from many particulars.
American Heritage Medicine
To make general.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Generalize

Generalize Sentence Examples

  • That said, it is still impossible to generalize.

  • Most people-I've noticed-tend to generalize barbeque as meat.

  • Some of the details she had forgotten, as she grew more and more to generalize.

  • When children generalize the aggressive and oppositional behavior that they have learned at home to their interactions with peers, other children often reject them.

  • Because there are such a multitude of factors involved in a person's tattoo, and because of the very nature and history of tattoos, it is impossible to generalize the meaning of a tattoo to an individual.

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Words Starting With

GGEGEN

Words Ending With

EZEIZE

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