General

Quick meaning: General is an adjective meaning Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.

Meaning

Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.

More Meanings

1. Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
2. Not limited in use or application; applicable across a broad range.
3. Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
4. Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
5. A great strategist or tactician.
6. (sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent.
7. (military) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces.

Example Sentences

For these successes he obtained the rank of Field-Marshal General.

"Among us!" was the general shout, and Peppersorn sat frozen to his chair.

It is generall / To be mortall: / I haue well espyde / No man may hym hyde / From Deth holow eyed […].

He becomes the chief chartered libertine, the whoremaster-general flourishing his "standard" over a female army […].

Word Forms

• gen
• Gen
• genl
• gen'l
• Genl
• Gen'l
• generall
• generals
• generaling
• generalling
• generaled
• generalled

Synonyms for general

Depending on context, synonyms include common, universal, catholic, ecumenical, generic, nonspecific.

Antonyms for general

Common opposites include specific, special, particular, concrete, discrete, individual.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include generic, general-purpose, generalized, all-purpose, overall, comprehensive.

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