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1. (noun) general, full general
a general officer of the highest rank

2. (noun) general, superior general
the head of a religious order or congregation

3. (adj) general
a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
"he discussed the general but neglected the particular"

4. (adj) general
applying to all or most members of a category or group
"the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader"

5. (adj) general
not specialized or limited to one class of things
"general studies"; "general knowledge"

6. (adj) general
prevailing among and common to the general public
"the general discontent"

7. (adj) general
affecting the entire body
"a general anesthetic"; "general symptoms"

8. (adj) general
somewhat indefinite
"bearing a general resemblance to the original"; "a general description of the merchandise"

9. (verb) cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide
of worldwide scope or applicability
"an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"

10. (verb) general
command as a general
"We are generaled by an incompetent!"

Definitions of 'General'

Webster 1913 Dictionary

1. (adj) General
relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy

2. (adj) General
comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or conclusion

3. (adj) General
not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression

4. (adj) General
common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom

5. (adj) General
having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam, our general sire

6. (adj) General
as a whole; in gross; for the most part

7. (adj) General
usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method

8. (adj) General
the whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular

9. (adj) General
one of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal

10. (adj) General
the roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general

11. (adj) General
the chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule

12. (adj) General
the public; the people; the vulgar

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