generalize

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verb

1. draw from specific cases for more general cases (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
generalise, extrapolate, infer
• Derivationally related forms:
inference (for: infer), extrapolation (for: extrapolate), generalisation (for: generalise), generalization
• Hypernyms:
reason, reason out, conclude
• Hyponyms:
overgeneralize, overgeneralise, universalize, universalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. speak or write in generalities
• Syn:
generalise
• Ant:
specify
• Derivationally related forms:
generalisation (for: generalise), generalization
• Hypernyms:
talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Sam and Sue generalize
3. cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public;
bring into general or common use
- They popularized coffee in Washington State
- Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors
• Syn:
popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalise
• Derivationally related forms:
vulgarisation (for: vulgarise), vulgariser (for: vulgarise), vulgar (for: vulgarize), vulgarization (for: vulgarize), vulgarizer (for: vulgarize), popularisation (for: popularise), populariser (for: popularise), popularization (for: popularize), popularizer (for: popularize)
• Hypernyms:
circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate,
propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
• Verb Group:
popularize, popularise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. become systemic and spread throughout the body
- this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system
• Syn:
generalise
• Hypernyms:
spread, distribute
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  generalise, popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, extrapolate, infer
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise