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general

English

🔊 prevailing among and common to the general public
“the general discontent”
🔊 not specialized or limited to one class of things
“general studies”
🔊 applying to all or most members of a category or group
“the general public”
🔊 affecting the entire body
“a general anesthetic”
🔊 somewhat indefinite
“bearing a general resemblance to the original”
🔊 of worldwide scope or applicability
“an issue of cosmopolitan import”
🔊 a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
“he discussed the general but neglected the particular”
🔊 a general officer of the highest rank
🔊 the head of a religious order or congregation
🔊 command as a general
“We are generaled by an incompetent!”