SkyfireDict

general   (TTS Sound)

The noun general has 3 senses

• general, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)


• general, superior general -- (the head of a religious order or congregation)


• general -- (a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he discussed the general but neglected the particular")

The verb general has 1 sense

• general -- (command as a general; "We are generaled by an incompetent!")

The adj general has 6 senses

• 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")


• general -- (not specialized or limited to one class of things; "general studies"; "general knowledge")


• general -- (prevailing among and common to the general public; "the general discontent")


• general -- (affecting the entire body; "a general anesthetic"; "general symptoms")


• general -- (somewhat indefinite; "bearing a general resemblance to the original"; "a general description of the merchandise")


• 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")