vverb.communicationdraw from specific cases for more general casesSynset:extrapolate generalise infer
Derivationally Related Form:generalisationinferencegeneralizationextrapolation
Hypernyms:conclude reason reason out
Inherited Hypernyms:generalizereasonthink
Direct Hyponyms:overgeneraliseovergeneralizeuniversaliseuniversalize
Full Troponyms:overgeneralizeuniversalize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE
vverb.communicationspeak or write in generalitiesSynset:generalise
Antonyms:specify
Derivationally Related Form:generalizationgeneralisation
Hypernyms:mouth speak talk utter verbalise verbalize
Inherited Hypernyms:generalizetalkcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: generalise, generalize)
vverb.communicationcater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common useSynset:generalise popularise popularize vulgarise vulgarize
Examples:- They popularized coffee in Washington State
- Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors
Derivationally Related Form:vulgariserpopulariservulgarizationvulgarizervulgarisationvulgarpopularisationpopularizerpopularization
Hypernyms:broadcast circularise circularize circulate diffuse disperse disseminate distribute pass around propagate spread
Inherited Hypernyms:popularizecirculatepublicizetellinformcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.bodybecome systemic and spread throughout the bodySynset:generalise
Examples:- this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system
Hypernyms:distribute spread
Inherited Hypernyms:generalizespread
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP