1. Draw from specific cases for more general cases
   - generalise [Brit], extrapolate, infer 
2. Speak or write in generalities
   - generalise [Brit] 
3. Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
   - popularize, popularise [Brit], vulgarize, vulgarise [Brit], generalise [Brit] 
4. Become systemic and spread throughout the body
   "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system"
   - generalise [Brit]

Derived forms: generalizes, generalizing, generalized

See also: generalization

Type of: broadcast, circularise [Brit], circularize, circulate, conclude, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, mouth, pass around, propagate, reason, reason out, speak, spread, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Antonym: specify

Encyclopedia: Generalize

• Cabassous unicinctus
• cabbage
• cabbage bark
• cabbage butterfly
• cabbage palm
• cabbage palmetto
• cabbage tree
• cabbage-bark tree
• cabbageworm
• cabbala
• cabbalah
• cabbie
• cabby
• cabdriver
• Cabell
• caber
• Cabernet
• Cabernet Sauvignon
• Cabernet Sauvignon grape
• CABG
• cabin
• cabin boy
• cabin car
• cabin class
• cabin cruiser