generalize

generalize is a 10-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 23 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera.
2. transitive verb. To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more extensive application; to extend so as to include all special cases; to make universal in application, as a formula or rule.
3. transitive verb. To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars.
4. intransitive verb. To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.
5. verb. become systemic and spread throughout the body

   "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system"

   Synonyms: generalise

6. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: generalise, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize

7. verb. draw from specific cases for more general cases

   Synonyms: extrapolate, generalise, infer

8. verb. speak or write in generalities

   Synonyms: generalise

Synonyms

generalise, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, extrapolate, infer

Common word forms

generalized, generalizer, generalizes, generalizing, generalizeable

Words from these letters

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