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generalize

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: generalize

1
 v
draw from specific cases for more general cases
2
 v
cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
3
 v
become systemic and spread throughout the body
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: generalize
1

v draw from specific cases for more general cases

Synonyms:
extrapolate, generalise, infer
Types:
overgeneralise, overgeneralize
draw too general a conclusion
universalise, universalize
make universal
Type of:
conclude, reason, reason out
decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

v speak or write in generalities

Synonyms:
generalise
Antonyms:
particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify
be specific about
Type of:
mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
express in speech
2

v cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use

Synonyms:
generalise, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize
popularise, popularize
make understandable to the general public
Type of:
broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread
cause to become widely known
3

v become systemic and spread throughout the body

“this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system”
Synonyms:
generalise
Type of:
distribute, spread
distribute or disperse widely
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