GENERALITIES

Definition: GENERALITIES

GENERALITIES

Plural

1. Of Generality

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "GENERALITIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references)

Crosswords: GENERALITIES

English words defined with "GENERALITIES": Generalia, generalise, generalize. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Bibliographie Zur Zeitgeschichte, 1953-1980: Generalities (reference) Generalities, Truths & Assorted Fables (reference) Guide to Reference Material Volume Generalities (reference) Walford's Guide to Reference Material: Volume Three, Generalities, Languages, the Arts, and Literature (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
Alphonse De Lamartine	Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
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Author	Date	Quotation
Winston S. Churchill	1946	This is no time for generalities, and I will venture to be precise. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Travel	Mexico	On the other hand, some U.S. executives have found their Mexican counterparts to be initially brusque and slow to warm up. Again, it is difficult to make generalities. (references)
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"GENERALITIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "GENERALITIES" is used about 58 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	100%	58	44,427

Language		Translations for "GENERALITIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		普通性 (generality). (various references)

German		allgemeingültige Regeln. (various references)

Italian		generalita\ (generality). (various references)

Pig Latin		eneralitiesgay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"GENERALITIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: generaliter. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "GENERALITIES" (pronounced je'nera"lutēz)
6	-a" l u t ē z	abnormalities, banalities, brutalities, causalities, commonalities, fatalities, formalities, illegalities, legalities, localities, modalities, municipalities, nationalities, personalities, principalities, realities, technicalities, tonalities.
5	-l u t ē z	abilities, availabilities, capabilities, disabilities, disability, facilities, fidelities, hostilities, inequalities, infidelities, instabilities, liabilities, possibilities, probabilities, qualities, responsibilities, sensibilities, utilities, vulnerabilities.
4	-u t ē z	absurdities, activities, affinities, ambiguities, amenities, animosities, annuities, antiquities, anxieties, atrocities, authorities, calamities, capacities, cavities, celebrities, charities, commodities, communities, complexities, curiosities, deformities, deities, densities, deputies, disparities, divinities, eccentricities, enmities, entities, equities, extremities, festivities, fraternities, gratuities, humanities, humanity, identities, immunities, improprieties, impurities, indemnities, indignities, inequities, infirmities, insecurities, intensities, irregularities, liquidities, majorities, maturities, minorities, necessities, niceties, obscenities, oddities, opportunities, parities, peculiarities, pieties, priorities, proclivities, propensities, quantities, rarities, rigidities, securities, sensitivities, similarities, societies, sororities, unfamiliarities, universities, vanities, varieties, velocities, verities.
3	-t ē z	amnesties, Antes, beauties, booties, bounties, casualties, certainties, christies, cities, committees, counties, cruelties, diabetes, difficulties, ditties, duties, dynasties, eighties, empties, entreaties, faculties, fatties, fifties, forties, frailties, lefties, liberties, loyalties, Montes, nineties, novelties, panties, parties, patties, penalties, pretties, properties, royalties, seventies, shanties, sixties, sorties, specialities, specialties, subcommittees, subtleties, thirties, travesties, treaties, twenties, uncertainties, vigilantes, warranties, zlotys.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-g-i-i-l-n-r-s-t"
	-2 letters: generalise, generalist, legerities, leistering, lienteries, regalities, retailings, singletree.
	-3 letters: agentries, algerines, anglesite, eglateres, elaterins, entailers, gainliest, galenites, gelatines, generates, glairiest, gnarliest, grainiest, gratinees, greeniest, greenlets, integrals, lateeners, linearise, lingeries, nearliest, realising, realities, regelates, reignites, releasing, relegates, relisting, resailing, resealing, reseating, resilient, reslating, retailing, ringtails, saintlier, seriating, stingaree, streeling, teaseling, teenagers, treenails, triangles.
	-4 letters: airlines, alerting, algerine, alienees, alieners, alienist, aligners, altering, anergies, angriest, arenites, arsenite, astringe, ateliers, eagerest, earliest, eateries, egalites, eglatere, elaterin, energies, energise, engrails, enlarges, enlistee, enlister, ensilage, entailer, entrails, estrange, etageres, eternals, eternise, gaieties, gainlier, galenite, ganister, gantries, gaselier, gelatine, gelatins, generals, generate, genitals, gentiles, gentries, gesneria, glariest, gleaners, gleetier, granites, grantees, gratinee, greatens, greenest, greenies, greenlet, igniters, inertiae, inertial, inertias, ingrates, integers, integral, interage, lateener, latrines, leariest, leeriest, legatees, legatine, lenities, lignites, lineages, lingerie, lingiest, listener, litanies, nargiles, negaters, niteries, nitriles, railings, rainiest, rangiest, ratlines, reagents, realigns, realties, reenlist, reesting, regelate, regental, reignite, relating, relegate, reseeing, resiling, resinate, resiting, retiling, retinals, riesling, ringlets, ringtail, selenate, selenite, serenate, sergeant, signaler, silenter, slangier, sleetier, sleeting, starling, stealing, stearine, steelier, steeling, steerage, steering, sterling, stingier, strangle, tailings, tanglers, tanglier, teaseler, teenager, teensier, telerans, tinglers, tinglier, trailing, trainees, treenail, trenails, triangle.
	-5 letters: aeriest, aiglets, aigrets, airiest, airings, airline, airting, alienee, aliener, aligner, aliners, anestri, anglers, antlers, antsier, arenite, argents, arising, atelier, atingle, eaglets, earings, earnest, eastern, easting, eatings, eeliest, eeriest, egalite, elastin, elaters, elating, elegant, elegies, elegise, elegist, elegits, engrail, enlarge, enrages, entails, enteral, entires, entrees, entries, erasing, ergates, eserine, etagere, eternal, etesian, gainers, gaiters, galeres, garnets, gastrin, gelants, gelates, gelatin, general, genital, genteel, gentile, gentler, gentles, gerents, girlies, glaires, gleaner, glisten, glister, granite, grantee, gratine, gratins, greaten, greenie, greisen, gristle, igniter, ignites, inertia, ingates, ingesta, ingrate, inliers, intagli, integer, isatine, lairing, laities, largest, lasting, lateens, latrine, leaners, leanest, leasing, leering, legatee, legates, leister, liernes, ligates, lignite, linages, lineage, lineate, lingers, lingier, liniest, linters, lintier, lisente, listing, nailers, nailset, nargile, nastier, nearest, negater, negates, nestler, nilgais, niterie, nitrile, nitrils, railing, raising, ratines, ratings, ratline, ratlins, reagent, reagins, realest, realign, realise, realist, reeling, regains, regales, regents, reginae, reginal, reginas, reglets, relates, release, relents, reliant, relines, renails, reneges, rentals, reslate, restage, resting, retails, retains, retenes, retiles, retinae, retinal, retinas, retines, retsina, ringlet, sailing, salient, saltern, saltier, saltine, salting, saltire, seagirt, sealing, searing, seating, seeling, segetal, senarii, seriate, seringa, setline, sienite, siltier, silting, singlet, slainte, slatier, slating, slinger, stagier, stainer, staling, staring, stealer, stearin, steelie, stelene, sterile, sternal, stinger, strange, strigil, tailers, tailing, tangier, tangler, tangles, tearing.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-g-i-i-l-n-r-s-t"
	+3 letters: allergenicities.
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