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GENERALIZE

Definition:

1. [verb] draw from specific cases for more general cases
   Synonyms: generalise, extrapolate, infer
   
   
2. [verb] speak or write in generalities
   Synonyms: generalise
   
   
3. [verb] 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"
   Synonyms: popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalise
   
   
4. [verb] become systemic and spread throughout the body; "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system"
   Synonyms: generalise
   
   

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Related Words:

• overgeneralize, overgeneralise
• universalize, universalise

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