1. (adj.)general of, pertaining to, or affecting all persons or thingsbelonging to a group, category, or system: a general meeting of members; a general amnesty.
2. general of, pertaining to, or true of such persons or things in the main; common to most; usual: the general mood of the people.
3. general not limited to one class, field, product, service, etc.; miscellaneous: the general public.
4. general considering or dealing with broad or important aspects, elements, etc.; not detailed: general guidelines; a general description.
5. general not specific; approximate: a general idea of what was going on.
6. general affecting the entire body: general paralysis.
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 generalpublic "the general discontent"
7. (adj)general affecting the entirebody "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!"
7. general in general usually or most of the time In general, the kids are in bed by 9 p.m.
8. general ≠ in particular I just worry about life in general.
9. (noun)general the highest-rank of officer in the army, air force, or marinecorps a four-star general
Definition of 'general'
Webster 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 generalinference 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 generalcustom
Sense: of, involving etc all, most or very many people, things etc The general feeling is that he is stupid; His general knowledge is good although he is not good at mathematics.
Definitions of general 
Afrikaans: algemene
Arabic: عام
Bulgarian: всеобщ
Brazilian: geral
Czech: obecný, všeobecný
German: allgemein
Danish: almindelig; generel
Greek: γενικός
Spanish: general
Estonian: üldine
Farsi: عمومی
Finnish: yleinen
French: général
Hebrew: כְּלָלִי
Hindi: साधारण, सामान्य
Croatian: općenit
Hungarian: általános
Indonesian: umum
Icelandic: almennur
Italian: generale
Japanese: 全般的な
Korean: 일반적인
Lithuanian: bendras, visuotinis
Latvian: vispārējs; vispārīgs
Malay: am
Dutch: algemeen
Norwegian: alminnelig, generell
Polish: ogólny
Persian: عمومی
Pashto: عمومى
Portuguese: geral
Romanian: general
Russian: общий
Slovak: všeobecný; celkový
Slovenian: splošen
Serbian: opšti
Swedish: allmän
Thai: ทั่วไป
Turkish: genel
Taiwanese: 普遍的
Ukrainian: загальний
Urdu: عمومی
Vietnamese: phổ biến; chung
Chinese: 普遍的，总的
