Overview of verb generalize

The verb generalize has 4 senses

• generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer -- (draw from specific cases for more general cases)


• generalize, generalise -- (speak or write in generalities)


• popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise -- (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")


• generalize, generalise -- (become systemic and spread throughout the body; "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system")

Overview of adj generalized

The adj generalized has 1 sense

• generalized, generalised -- (not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal")