Meaning

4 senses
  1. To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.

    generalisieren, pauschalisieren, verallgemeinern

    speak or write in generalities

  2. To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.

    generalisieren, verallgemeinern

    обобща́тьobobščátʹ, обобщи́тьobobščítʹ

    draw from specific cases for more general cases

  3. To spread throughout the body and become systemic.

    sich ausbreiten

    become systemic and spread throughout the body

  4. To derive or deduce (a general concept or principle) from particular facts.

Examples

21 sentences
  1. You can't just generalize like that.

    Не можна ось так просто узагальнювати. — deniko

    deDu kannst das nicht einfach so verallgemeinern. — Waldelfe

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · mailohilohi · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. The new findings don't generalize very well.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · megamanenm · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. Tom's mind excels at abstracting and generalizing.

  4. Lemma 5 cannot be generalized to arbitrary artinian rings.

    ruЛемма 5 не обобщается на случай произвольных артиновых колец. — ae5s

    deLemma 5 kann nicht für beliebige artinische Ringe verallgemeinert werden. — MUIRIEL

  5. Your people feel a sense of generalized hatred.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to speak in generalities, or in vague terms:
to spread throughout the body and become systemic:

Forms

generalizes, generalizing, generalized, generalized
Base formgeneralize · to generalize
3rd person singulargeneralizes
Present participlegeneralizing
Past simplegeneralized
Past participlegeneralized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygeneralize
he, she, itgeneralizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsgeneralized

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill generalize

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms
infer from specific cases:specializeB1instantiate

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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