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General

adjective

Applying to all or most members of a category or group. "General assistance" , "A general rule" , "In general terms" , "Comprehensible to the general reader"

Not specialized or limited to one class of things. "General knowledge"

Prevailing among and common to the general public.

Affecting the entire body. "General symptoms"

Somewhat indefinite. "A general description of the merchandise"

Of worldwide scope or applicability. Synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide. "The shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time" , "Universal experience"

noun

A general officer of the highest rank. Synonym: full general.

The head of a religious order or congregation. Synonym: superior general.

A fact about the whole (as opposed to particular).

verb

(past generalled; past part. generalled or generaled; pres. part. generalling or generaling)

Command as a general.

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"General" Quotes from Famous Books

... made the Western population at that time cared little enough about flags or treaty rights. They concerned themselves rather with possession. Let any who liked observe the laws. The strong made their own laws from day to day, and wrote them in one general codex of adventure and full-blooded, roistering life. The world was young. Buy land? No, why buy it, when taking it was so much more simple ...

— The Magnificent Adventure - Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and - the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman • Emerson Hough

... general arrangement Mme. de Langrune's room corresponded with the character of the old lady. It was large, and quietly furnished with old presses, arm-chairs, chairs and old-fashioned tables. It was evident ...

— Fantomas • Pierre Souvestre

... 1900, carrying out instructions of General De Wet, I crossed the Orange River at a point near Odendaal's Stroom, with about 270 burghers. General De Wet was to follow me, but he was prevented. The enemy, determined to drive me back or effect my capture, concentrated numerous forces on my small commando. ...

— In the Shadow of Death • P. H. Kritzinger and R. D. McDonald

... always been a general in her small way. She made her plans and issued her orders both at home and at school, and the children accepted her leadership as a matter of course. Even if Jules had not been willing and anxious to go, it is doubtful if he could have mustered courage to oppose the arrangements that she made ...

— The Gate of the Giant Scissors • Annie Fellows Johnston

... back in saudade to the soft air and merry days of Lisbon. It might indeed be a picture of Saudade. There is a slight flush on her pale oval face. Her almond-shaped eyes are grey-green, her nose delicately aquiline. In the eyes and in the general expression there is a look of undeniable sadness. Her dress of plum, cherry-pink, gold and brown gives a gorgeously mellow effect and the curtain at the back is plum-brown. If the colouring seems at first too rich this is due to the criminal gold frame ...

— Four Plays of Gil Vicente • Gil Vicente

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