generalize

Meanings

Verb

• draw from specific cases for more general cases
• speak or write in generalities
• cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
• become systemic and spread throughout the body
  • "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system"
• To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
• To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
• To spread throughout the body and become systemic.
• To derive or deduce (a general concept or principle) from particular facts.

Synonyms

extrapolate, generalise, generalize, genericize, infer, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize

Antonyms

instantiate, specialize, specify

Related Words

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