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General

adjective

Applying to all or most members of a category or group. "General assistance" , "A general rule" , "In general terms" , "Comprehensible to the general reader"

Not specialized or limited to one class of things. "General knowledge"

Prevailing among and common to the general public.

Affecting the entire body. "General symptoms"

Somewhat indefinite. "A general description of the merchandise"

Of worldwide scope or applicability. Synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide. "The shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time" , "Universal experience"

noun

A general officer of the highest rank. Synonym: full general.

The head of a religious order or congregation. Synonym: superior general.

A fact about the whole (as opposed to particular).

verb

(past generalled; past part. generalled or generaled; pres. part. generalling or generaling)

Command as a general.

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"General" Quotes from Famous Books

... (15 judges) elected by the UN General Assembly and Security Council to represent ...

— The 2005 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... Janice had inveigled Marty into spending most of his forenoon in the yard and garden (and the latter was beginning to look quite like a real garden by now), the girl went shopping. Most of the stores were "general" stores, and she did not believe there was much choice between them. Only she had an interest in Hopewell Drugg; so she proceeded to his ...

— Janice Day at Poketown • Helen Beecher Long

... made several voyages to America. He spent his leisure hours in reading and study, and in this way soon acquired a general and practical education. By fidelity to duty, he advanced so rapidly in his profession that at the age of twenty-five we find him in command of the Black Prince, one of the finest merchant vessels then ...

— De La Salle Fifth Reader • Brothers of the Christian Schools

... essential ingredient of a parable, this lesson of the Lord would necessarily be excluded from the list; but I am not disposed to adopt such a narrow and artificial definition. Taking a general view of its substance, rather than making a minute inspection of its form, I accept the Pharisee and the publican as a parable according to the ...

— The Parables of Our Lord • William Arnot

... There are a few general principles underlying the making of all sauces or gravies, whether the liquid used is water, milk, stock, tomato juice or some combination of these. For ordinary gravy, 2 level tablespoonfuls of flour or 1-1/2 tablespoonfuls of cornstarch, or arrow root, is sufficient ...

— Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit - among the "Pennsylvania Germans" • Edith M. Thomas

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