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generaliseto make a general statement or form a general opinion based on limited information

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to make a general statement or form a general opinion based on limited information

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈdʒenərəlaɪz/

Example Sentences

  • My mom tends to generalise that all video games are bad after seeing one violent game
  • Scientists are careful not to generalise their findings without sufficient data
  • You can't generalise that all cats are lazy just because yours sleeps 20 hours a day

generalise

VERB

[/ˈdʒenərəlaɪz/]

to make a general statement or form a general opinion based on limited information

to make a general statement or form a general opinion based on limited information
💡 Concept

to make a general statement or form a general opinion based on limited information

From fragments we generalise to realise what will materialise!
🎵 Rhyme

From fragments we generalise to realise what will materialise!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈdʒenərəlaɪz/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈdʒenərəlaɪz/

🌳Etymology

Rootgeneral
Suffix--ise

🎵Rhyme

specialiserealisematerialise
specialise
realise
materialise

🔗Collocations

generalise about
generalise from
broadly generalise
safely generalise
generalise results
tend to generalise

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My mom tends to generalise that all video games are bad after seeing one violent game

Scientists are careful not to generalise their findings without sufficient data

😄 Fun example

You can't generalise that all cats are lazy just because yours sleeps 20 hours a day

The teacher warned students not to generalise about cultures based on stereotypes

📚Related Words

Synonyms

generalizestereotypecategorizeclassifyuniversalize

Antonyms

specifyparticularizeindividualize

Related

generalgeneralizationgenericuniversaltypical

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