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generalize

/ generalize /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
become systemic and spread throughout the body
"this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system"
Type of:
spread distribute
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 2
draw from specific cases for more general cases
Type of:
reason reason out conclude
Kinds of:
overgeneralize overgeneralise universalize universalise
Derived:
inference illation extrapolation abstraction generalization
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody
verb Sense 3
speak or write in generalities
Opposites:
specify particularize particularise specialize specialise
Type of:
talk speak utter
Derived:
generalization generalisation generality
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 4
cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
"They popularized coffee in Washington State"
"Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
Type of:
circulate circularize circularise
Derived:
popularization popularisation vulgarization vulgarisation popularizer
Verb group:
popularize popularise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
73%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
35
Times Searched
2
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spread distribute reason reason out conclude overgeneralize overgeneralise universalize universalise talk speak utter