Meaning

1 senses

  1. To lead (soldiers) as a general.

    command as a general

Examples

467 sentences

  1. The mayor addressed the general public.

    Мер звернувся до громадськості. — ascolto

    ruМэр обратился к общественности. — odexed

    deDer Bürgermeister wandte sich an die Öffentlichkeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. My general impression is that it is very good.

    Моє загальне враження - це дуже добре. — aandrusiak

    deMein genereller Eindruck ist, dass es sehr gut ist. — Espi

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  3. In general, kids like ice cream.

    Діти зазвичай люблять морозиво. — deniko

    ruОбычно дети любят мороженое. — alik_farber

    deIm Allgemeinen mögen Kinder Eis. — dispy

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  4. In general, young people dislike formality.

    Як правило, молоді люди не люблять формальностей. — deniko

    ruВ основном молодые люди не любят формализм. — Snark

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  5. The general commanded them to move on.

    Генерал скомандував їм рухатися далі. — ascolto

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Origin

From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French ge

From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French general, and their source, Latin generālis, from genus (“class, kind”) + -ālis (“-al”).

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Forms

generals, generaling, generaled, generaled
Base formgeneral · to general
3rd person singulargenerals
Present participlegeneraling
Past simplegeneraled / generalled
Past participlegeneraled / generalled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygeneral
he, she, itgenerals

Past simpleLesson

all personsgeneraled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave generaled
he, she, ithas generaled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill general

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
genderA2geneB1genealogygeneralitygeneralizationB2generalizeB2generallyB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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