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Verb generalize has 4 senses
- generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer - draw from specific cases for more general cases
--1 is one way to reason, reason out, conclude
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- generalize, generalise - speak or write in generalities
--2 is one way to talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Antonyms: specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue generalize
- 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"
--3 is one way to circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- generalize, generalise - become systemic and spread throughout the body; "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system"
--4 is one way to spread, distribute
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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