generalize

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• generalise (non-Oxford British spelling)

EtymologyEdit

general +‎ -ize

VerbEdit

generalize (third-person singular simple present generalizes, present participle generalizing, simple past and past participle generalized)

1. To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
2. 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.

3. 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.

AntonymsEdit

• specialize

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• generalist
• generalizability, generalisability
• generalizable, generalisable

• generalization, generalisation
• generalizer, generaliser

Related termsEdit

• general

TranslationsEdit

to speak in generalities, or in vague terms

• Bulgarian: говоря общо (govorja obšto)
• Finnish: yleistää (fi)
• French: généraliser (fr)
• Galician: xeneralizar

• Portuguese: generalizar (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: ginearalaich
• Swedish: generalisera (sv)

to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles

• Bulgarian: обобщавам (bg) (obobštavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 普遍化 (zh) (pǔbiànhuà)

• Czech: zobecnit
• Finnish: yleistää (fi)
• French: généraliser (fr)
• Galician: xeneralizar
• German: verallgemeinern (de)

• Hindi: व्यापक करना (vyāpak karnā)
• Italian: generalizzare (it)
• Portuguese: generalizar (pt)
• Russian: обобща́ть (ru) impf (obobščátʹ), обобщи́ть (ru) pf (obobščítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ginearalaich
• Slovene: posplošiti
• Swedish: generalisera (sv)

to spread throughout the body and become systemic

• Bulgarian: разпространявам (bg) (razprostranjavam)
• Finnish: levitä (fi)

• French: généraliser (fr)

to derive or deduce from particular facts

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PortugueseEdit

VerbEdit

generalize

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of generalizar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of generalizar
3. first-person singular imperative of generalizar
4. third-person singular imperative of generalizar