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Definitions: Generalise |
GeneraliseVerb1. Speak in generalities. 2. Draw from specific cases for more general cases. 3. Become systemic; spread throughout the body; of diseases and infections. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: GeneraliseSynonyms: extrapolate (v), generalize (v), infer (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: specify (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Generalise |
| Specialty definitions using "generalise": systematic review. (references) |
| "Generalise" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 97.30% of the time. "Generalise" is used about 111 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 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 97.3% | 108 | 31,306 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.8% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.9% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 111 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "generalise"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 推断 (generalised, generalize, generalized, Generalizing, infer, inference, Inferred, Inferring). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | γενικεύω (generalize, generilise). (various references) | ||||||||||
Indonesian | generalisir, menggeneralisir, menggeneralisasikan. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | generalizzare (generalize, universalize). (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 일반"하십시" (generalize). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | eneralisegay กล่าวสรุป (generalize). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | peritonitis diffusa acuta. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "generalise": generalised, generalises. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-g-i-l-n-r-s" | |
-1 letter: algerines, releasing, resealing. | |
-2 letters: algerine, alienees, alieners, aligners, anergies, energies, energise, engrails, enlarges, ensilage, gaselier, generals, gesneria, gleaners, greenies, lineages, nargiles, realigns, reseeing, signaler, slangier. | |
-3 letters: alienee, aliener, aligner, aliners, anglers, earings, elegies, elegise, engrail, enlarge, enrages, erasing, eserine, gainers, galeres, general, glaires, gleaner, greenie, greisen, leaners, leasing, leering, liernes, linages, lineage, lingers, nailers, nargile, reagins, realign, realise, reeling, regains, regales, reginae, reginal, reginas, release, relines, renails, reneges, sealing, searing, seeling, seringa, slinger. | |
-4 letters: aeries, agenes, agrees, algins, aliens, aligns, aliner, alines, aneles, angels, angers, angler, angles, argils, argles, ariels, arisen, arsine, eagers, eagles, eagres, earing, easier, easing, eelier, elains, enisle, enrage, ensile, gainer, galere, gelees, genera, genial, genies, genres, glaire, glairs, glares, gleans, gnarls, grails, grains, grease, greens, grilse, ingles, lagers, larees, larges, larine, lasing, leaner, learns, leaser, legers, lianes, liangs, lieges, lierne, ligans, ligase, ligers, linage, linear, liners, lingas, linger, nailer, nereis, ragees, ranees, ranges, rasing, reagin, reales, regain, regale, regina, regnal, reigns, relies, reline, renail, renege, renigs, resail, resale, reseal, reseen, resign, resile, sagier, sailer, saline, sanger, sealer, seeing, seiner, senega, senile, serail, serein, serene, serial, serine, sering, signal, signee, signer, silage, silane, singer, single. | |
-5 letters: aegis, aerie, agene, agers, agile, aglee, agree, airns, aisle, algin, alien, align, aline, anele, angel, anger, angle, anile, anils, anise, argil, argle, ariel, arils, arise, arles, eager, eagle, eagre, earls, earns, easel, eerie, egers, elain, elans, erase, ernes, gains, gales, garni, gears, geese, gelee, genes, genie, genre, girls, girns, glair, glans, glare, glean, glees, glens, glias, gnarl, gnars, grail, grain, grans, green, grees, grins, ingle, lager, lairs, lanes, laree, lares, large, laris, laser, leans, learn, lears, lease, leers, leger, leges, lenes, lenis, lense, liane, liang, liars, liege, liens, liers, ligan, liger, liner, lines, linga, lings, liras, nails, nares, naris, nears, ragee, rages, ragis, rails, rains, raise, rales, ranee, range, ranis, reals, reels, regal, reges, regna, reign, reins, renal, renig, resee, resin, rials, riels, riles, rings, rinse, risen, sager, saner, saree, sarge, sarin, segni, seine, sengi, serai, seral, serge, serin, siege, singe, siree, siren, slain, slang, slier, sling, snail, snare, snarl, sneer. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-g-i-l-n-r-s" | |
+1 letter: generalised, generalises, generalizes, rereleasing. | |
+2 letters: generalities, generalizers, greenmailers, legerdemains. | |
+3 letters: gracilenesses, semilegendary. | |
+4 letters: beggarlinesses, intersegmental, superelevating, telemarketings. | |
+5 letters: allergenicities, everlastingness, impregnableness, overgeneralizes, refrangibleness, sledgehammering. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 6E 65 72 61 6C 69 73 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. . -. . .-. .- .-.. .. ... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110010 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e n e r a l i s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 006E 0065 0072 0061 006C 0069 0073 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41718071846778758571 |
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