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English to English adjective
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applying to all or most members of a category or group |  | Example: the general public
general assistance
a general rule
in general terms
comprehensible to the general reader
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affecting the entire body | | Example: a general anesthetic
general symptoms
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Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy. | | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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not specialized or limited to one class of things | | Example: general studies
general knowledge
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prevailing among and common to the general public | | Example: the general discontent
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somewhat indefinite | | Example: bearing a general resemblance to the original
a general description of the merchandise
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of worldwide scope or applicability | | Example: an issue of cosmopolitan import
the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time
universal experience
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noun
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a general officer of the highest rank | | source: wordnet30
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the head of a religious order or congregation | | source: wordnet30
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a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular) | | Example: he discussed the general but neglected the particular
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The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular. | | source: webster1913
verb
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command as a general | | Example: We are generaled by an incompetent!
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