generalize

English

Alternative forms

• generalise

Etymology

general +‎ -ize

Verb

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.
3. To spread throughout the body and become systemic.

Antonyms

• specialize

Derived terms

• generalizable, generalizability
• generalization
• generalizer
• generalist

Translations

to speak in generalities, or in vague terms

Finnish: yleistää (fi) French: généraliser (fr) Galician: xeneralizar (gl)

Portuguese: generalizar (pt) Scottish Gaelic: ginearalaich (gd)

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

Czech: zobecnit (cs) Finnish: yleistää (fi) Galician: xeneralizar (gl) Italian: generalizzare (it)

Portuguese: generalizar (pt) Scottish Gaelic: ginearalaich (gd) Slovene: posplošiti (sl)

to spread throughout the body and become systemic

Finnish: levitä (fi)

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French: généraliser