Meaning

5 senses
  1. (broadly, comparative)Popularly or widely.

    It is generally known that the Earth is round.

    allgemein, gewöhnlich, im Allgemeinen

    вообще́voobščé, широко́širokó

  2. (broadly, comparative)As a rule; usually; typically; in most cases.

    I generally have a walk in the afternoon.

    hauptsächlich, überhaupt, üblicherweise

    обы́чноobýčno, как пра́вилоkak právilo

    зазвича́йzazvyčáj, як пра́вилоjak právylo

    usually; as a rule

  3. (broadly, comparative)Without reference to specific details.

    Generally speaking …

    allgemein, generell

    вообще́voobščé, по большо́му счётуpo bolʹšómu sčótu

    взагалі́vzahalí, в ціло́муv cilómu

    without regard to specific details or exceptions

  4. (broadly, comparative)In the general case, without exception; in all cases.

    It is generally true that the angles of a triangle sum to 180 degrees.

  5. (broadly, comparative, obsolete)Collectively; as a whole; without omissions.

    without distinction of one from others

Examples

381 sentences
  1. Women generally live longer than men.

    Жінки зазвичай живуть довше, ніж чоловіки.

    ruЖенщины обычно живут дольше мужчин.

    deFrauen leben im Allgemeinen länger als Männer.

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  2. The English are generally a conservative people.

    Англійці, зазвичай, консервативні люди.

    ruАнгличане, как правило, консервативные люди.

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  3. Tom generally does that in the morning.

    Том зазвичай це робить вранці.

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  4. I generally walk to school.

    Зазвичай я йду до школи пішки.

    ruОбычно я хожу в школу пешком.

    deIn der Regel gehe ich zu Fuß zur Schule.

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  5. His opinion is generally correct.

    Його думка, як правило, вірна.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
as a rule; usually:
without reference to specific details:
Русский
By meaning 3
popularly or widely:
as a rule; usually:
without reference to specific details:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
popularly or widely:
as a rule; usually:
without reference to specific details:

Origin

From Middle English generally, generalliche, equivalent to general + -ly.

From Middle English generally, generalliche, equivalent to general + -ly.

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Forms

, most generally
Comparative
Superlativemost generally

regular

Synonyms

27 synonyms
popularly or widely:commonlyB1
without exception:alwaysA1
without reference to specific details:generically
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • generally speaking speaking
  • generally speaking
  • generally does that

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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