generalize

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹə.laɪz/
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• Australian: /ˈd͡ʒen.(ə.)ɹə.lɑez/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈd͡ʒen.(ə.)ɹə.laɪz/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈd͡ʒen.(ə.)ɹə.lɑe̯z]
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• CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 N ER0 AH0 L AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus, generis Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin generālisbor. Anglo-Norman generalbor. Middle French generalbor. ▲ Latin generālisder. Middle English general English general Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English generalize From general + -ize.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: говоря общо (govorja obšto) — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Catalan: generalitzar — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Chinese Mandarin: 籠統而談 /笼统而谈 (lǒngtǒng ér tán) — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Finnish: yleistää — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• French: généraliser — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• French: faire des amalgames — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Galician: xeneralizar — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Georgian: განზოგადება (ganzogadeba) — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• German: generalisieren — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• German: pauschalisieren — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• German: verallgemeinern — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Hungarian: általánosít — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Macedonian: збо́рува о́пшто (zbóruva ópšto) — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Occitan: generalizar — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Polish: generalizować — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Polish: uogólniać — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Polish: uogólnić — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Portuguese: generalizar — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Romanian: generaliza — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Scottish Gaelic: ginearalaich — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Spanish: generalizar — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Swedish: generalisera — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Vietnamese: nói chung chung — to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
• Arabic: عَمَّمَ (ʕammama) — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Arabic: عَمَّم (ʕammam) — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Bulgarian: обобщавам (obobštavam) — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Chinese Mandarin: 普遍化 (pǔbiànhuà) — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Chinese Mandarin: 歸納 /归纳 (guīnà) — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Czech: zobecnit — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Danish: generalisere — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Esperanto: ĝeneraligi — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Finnish: yleistää — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• French: généraliser — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Galician: xeneralizar — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Georgian: განზოგადება (ganzogadeba) — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• German: generalisieren — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• German: verallgemeinern — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Greek: γενικεύω (genikévo) — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Hindi: व्यापक करना (vyāpak karnā) — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Italian: generalizzare — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Macedonian: о́бопшти (óbopšti) — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Polish: uogólniać — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Polish: uogólnić — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Portuguese: generalizar — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Romanian: generaliza — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Russian: обобща́ть (obobščátʹ) — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Russian: обобщи́ть (obobščítʹ) — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Scottish Gaelic: ginearalaich — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Slovene: posplošiti — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Swedish: generalisera — to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
• Bulgarian: разпространявам (razprostranjavam) — to spread throughout the body and become systemic
• Chinese Mandarin: 全身擴散 /全身扩散 (quánshēn kuòsàn) — to spread throughout the body and become systemic
• Esperanto: vastiĝi — to spread throughout the body and become systemic
• Esperanto: ĝeneraliĝi — to spread throughout the body and become systemic
• Finnish: levitä — to spread throughout the body and become systemic
• French: généraliser — to spread throughout the body and become systemic
• German: sich ausbreiten — to spread throughout the body and become systemic
• Macedonian: ши́ри (šíri) — to spread throughout the body and become systemic
• Macedonian: про́шири (próširi) — to spread throughout the body and become systemic
• Portuguese: generalizar-se — to spread throughout the body and become systemic
• Romanian: generaliza — to spread throughout the body and become systemic