GENERALISE
Dictionary entry overview: What does generalise mean?
• GENERALISE (verb)
The verb GENERALISE has 4 senses:
1. speak or write in generalities
2. draw from specific cases for more general cases
3. cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
4. become systemic and spread throughout the body
Familiarity information: GENERALISE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• GENERALISE (verb)
Meaning:
Speak or write in generalities
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
generalise; generalize
Hypernyms (to "generalise" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue generalise
Meaning:
Draw from specific cases for more general cases
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
extrapolate; generalize; generalise; infer
Hypernyms (to "generalise" is one way to...):
conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "generalise"):
overgeneralise; overgeneralize (draw too general a conclusion)
universalise; universalize (make universal)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
vulgarize; vulgarise; popularize; popularise; generalize; generalise
Context examples:
They popularized coffee in Washington State / Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors
Hypernyms (to "generalise" is one way to...):
broadcast; circularise; circularize; circulate; diffuse; disperse; disseminate; distribute; pass around; propagate; spread (cause to become widely known)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Become systemic and spread throughout the body
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
generalise; generalize
Context example:
this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system
Hypernyms (to "generalise" is one way to...):
distribute; spread (distribute or disperse widely)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
