generalize (v.)

  1. draw from specific cases for more general cases

    [ Syn: generalise , extrapolate , infer ]

  2. speak or write in generalities

    [ Syn: generalise ]

  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 ]

  4. become systemic and spread throughout the body; this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system

    [ Syn: generalise ]

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