Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable)The quality of being general.

    the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability

  2. (uncountable)The population in general.

    an idea or conclusion having general application

  3. (countable)A generalization.

    He was very vague, speaking only in generalities.

    обобще́ниеobobščénije

Examples

3 sentences
  1. We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

  2. Without loss of generality, we can say that the sequence converges to zero.

    ruБез ограничения общности можно считать, что последовательность стремится к нулю. — Ooneykcall

    deOhne Beschränkung der Allgemeinheit kann angenommen werden, dass die Folge gegen Null konvergiert. — MUIRIEL

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  3. The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality.

    deDie Kunst, Mathematik zu betreiben, liegt darin, jenen Spezialfall zu finden, der alle Ansätze zur Verallgemeinerung in sich birgt. — Jens_Odo

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Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
generalization:

Origin

From Middle English generalite, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French generalité (modern Fre

From Middle English generalite, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French generalité (modern French généralité), from general + -ité; also influenced by Latin generālitās. By surface analysis, general + -ity.

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Forms

plural: generalities

Synonyms

3 synonyms
quality of being general:oftenness
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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