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generalize

verb

1 generalize

Draw from specific cases for more general cases.

synonyms: extrapolate, generalise, infer.

Roget 78: be general etc. adj.; prevail, be going about, stalk abroad.    render general etc. adj.; generalize.   

Dutch: extrapoleren, generaliseren, veralgemenen, veralgemeniseren

2 generalize

Speak or write in generalities.

synonym: generalise.

3 generalize

Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use.

synonyms: generalise, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize.

Dutch: populariseren, vulgariseren

4 generalize

Become systemic and spread throughout the body:
— This kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system.

synonym: generalise.


Moby thesaurus: analyze, apply reason, broaden, deal in generalities, deduce, ecumenicize, expand, extend, globalize, hypothesize, infer, intellectualize, logicalize, logicize, make a generalization, philosophize, provide a rationale, rationalize, reason, spread ... show more.

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