Meanings
verbgeneralise (third-person singular simple present generalises, present participle generalising, simple past and past participle generalised)
present singular third person generalises · participle present generalising · participle past generalised · past generalised
- UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalize.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbdraw from specific cases for more general cases
Similar
Broader
verbcater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Italic*genos
- Latingenus, generis
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latingenerāli
- Anglo-Normangenera
- Middle Frenchgenera
- Latingenerālis
- Middle Englishgeneral
- Englishgeneral
- Englishgeneralise
Cite this entry
APA
generalise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generalise
MLA
“generalise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generalise. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “generalise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generalise.
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