Generalize
['dʒɛnrəlaɪz]
Definition
(verb.) become systemic and spread throughout the body; 'this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system'.
(verb.) draw from specific cases for more general cases.
(verb.) speak or write in generalities.
Inputed by Alex--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera.
(v. t.) To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more extensive application; to extend so as to include all special cases; to make universal in application, as a formula or rule.
(v. t.) To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars.
(v. i.) To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.
Typist: Marietta
Examples
- Its hope is that some man living at one place on the globe in a particular epoch will, through the miracle of genius, be able to generalize his experience for all time and all space. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- His real power to generalize is shown in connection with his sp ecialty, in his treatment of the sources of building-material, rather than in his consideration of the origin of matter. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- One might generalize and say that as soon as we begin to explain, it is because we have been made to complain. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was not his way to treat subjects coldly and vaguely; he rarely generalized, never prosed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- These considerations may be generalized by going back to the conception of experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Galton attributed the difference to the scientist's habits of highly generalized and abstract thought, especially when the steps of reasoning are carried on by words [employed] as symbols. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In real knowledge, there is a particularizing and a generalizing function working together. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Not only so, but he was able to advance thi s study by generalizing and formulating its truths. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was the imagination and generalizing power of Karl Marx which brought these two movements into relationship. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typed by Geraldine