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. — deniko

    ruЖенщины обычно живут дольше мужчин. — estong

    deFrauen leben im Allgemeinen länger als Männer. — MUIRIEL

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  2. The English are generally a conservative people.

    Англійці, зазвичай, консервативні люди. — deniko

    ruАнгличане, как правило, консервативные люди. — odexed

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  3. Tom generally does that in the morning.

    Том зазвичай це робить вранці. — deniko

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  4. I generally walk to school.

    Зазвичай я йду до школи пішки. — shanghainese

    ruОбычно я хожу в школу пешком. — corvard

    deIn der Regel gehe ich zu Fuß zur Schule. — xtofu80

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  5. His opinion is generally correct.

    Його думка, як правило, вірна. — deniko

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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
basicallyA2ordinarilyC1mostlyA2regularlyA2usuallyA1normallyB1altogetherB1broadlyB2overallB2by and largewontedlycollaborativelyen masseall things considered
without reference to specific details:generically
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
specificallyB2

Word family

3 related words
RelatedcompletelyB1general
Derivedgenerally speaking

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
generalB1generalitygeneralizationB2generalizeB2generateB1generationA2generational

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