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gen·er·al·ize  (jnr--lz)

v. gen·er·al·ized, gen·er·al·iz·ing, gen·er·al·iz·es

v.tr.

1.

a. To reduce to a general form, class, or law.

b. To render indefinite or unspecific.

2.

a. To infer from many particulars.

b. To draw inferences or a general conclusion from.

3.

a. To make generally or universally applicable.

b. To popularize.

v.intr.

1.

a. To form a concept inductively.

b. To form general notions or conclusions.

2. To deal in generalities; speak or write vaguely.

3. Medicine To spread through the body. Used of a usually localized disease.

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gener·al·iza·ble adj.

gener·al·izer n.

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generalize or -ise

Verb

[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised

1. to form general principles or conclusions from specific instances

2. to speak in generalities

3. to make widely used or known: generalized violence

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	generalize - draw from specific cases for more general cases extrapolate, generalise, infer conclude, reason, reason out - decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" overgeneralise, overgeneralize - draw too general a conclusion; "It is dangerous to overgeneralize" universalise, universalize - make universal; "This author's stories universalize old themes"
	2.	generalize - speak or write in generalities generalise mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify - be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"
	3.	generalize - 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" popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, generalise popularise, popularize - make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books" disseminate, pass around, circulate, diffuse, broadcast, circularise, circularize, spread, disperse, propagate, distribute - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
	4.	generalize - become systemic and spread throughout the body; "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system" generalise spread, distribute - distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

Translations

generalize [ˈdʒɛnrəlaɪz] vi → generalizar

generalize [ˈdʒɛnrəlaɪz] general vi → généraliser

generalize [ˈdʒɛnrəlaɪz] general vi → verallgemeinern

generalize [ˈdʒɛnrəlaɪz] vi → generalizzare