generalize
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
draw from specific cases for more general cases
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Sense 2 verb
speak or write in generalities
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Sense 3 verb
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
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Sense 4 verb
become systemic and spread throughout the body
this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stimulus generalization |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | generalization |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inference |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | generalisation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | extrapolation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reason |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | overgeneralize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | universalize |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | particularize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | generality |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mouth |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | popularization |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | popularizer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | plebeian |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | popularize |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | disseminate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | spread |