generalized
verb
Form of generalize , past tense of generalize.
Simple meaning
To derive or deduce from particular facts.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈdʒɛnɚəlaɪzd
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Definition
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verb
past tense of generalize
Draw from specific cases for more general cases
past tense of generalize
To derive or deduce (a general concept or principle) from particular facts.
past tense of generalize
Speak or write in generalities
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This meaning: Draw from specific cases for more general cases
Used this way, generalized is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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Inflected forms
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Draw from specific cases for more general cases.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than…
Epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking.
A seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body.
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