generalize
English
Alternative forms
- generalise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Verb
generalize (third-person singular simple present generalizes, present participle generalizing, simple past and past participle generalized)
- To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
- To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
- W. Nicholson
- Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton generalized them still more by referring this last to the motion of a stone through the air.
- W. Nicholson
- To derive or deduce (a general concept or principle) from particular facts.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Synonyms
- (speak in generalities): See also Thesaurus:generalize
Antonyms
- (speak in generalities): See also Thesaurus:specify
- (infer from specific cases): specialize
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
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to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
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to spread throughout the body and become systemic
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to derive or deduce from particular facts
Portuguese
Verb
generalize
- first-person singular present subjunctive of generalizar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of generalizar
- first-person singular imperative of generalizar
- third-person singular imperative of generalizar
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