to generalize
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- verb
- /ˈdʒɛnəraˌlaɪz/
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generalizar
- Therefore, these findings cannot be generalized to all schools that might use this program.
- generalize findings
- generalize results
- generalize to the population
So we're going to generalize to all cases.
- So we're going to generalize to all cases.
- So I think it you obviously can't generalize from social media polls.
- Keep in mind that this does not generalize just to narcissistic partners.
- And then then that generalized to fear of any white fluffy thing.
- So you are generalizing to known unknowns for one specific task.
- People like to generalize about, you know, German idealism.
- When they learned they could not stop something unpleasant in their environment, they generalized that learning.
- Just because you have an antibody response to one germ, it doesn't generalize to another.
- Now, this is hard to generalize because it crosses all kinds of gender boundaries.
- I guess I got under my skin because I just don't think that's generalizing, man.
- But just that wasn't what was, you know, it's really, it's really kind of hard to generalize.
Examples
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She was able to generalize the findings from her research to apply them to new patients.
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In this study, the children generalized pretend play across behaviors, materials, adults, and settings.
Academic text (2015) -
OK, so this is so now we can generalize to field theory.
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Meaning if you do, one thing is going to generalize to everything.
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So we're going to generalize to all cases.
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We're going to generalize from this pattern over here.
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In fact, we can generalize and argue as follows.
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Therefore, the results and the models may not generalize to other students, especially those in other grades.
Academic text (2013) -
Therefore, we did not gather enough evidence to generalize that a bonding strategy is better than the other.
Academic text (2017) -
A scientist can only generalize with reliable certainty if he has enough statistical information.
Synonyms
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Decide that something is true using evidence
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To use known information to guess what will be true in new situations
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To make an idea or rule apply to people everywhere
Antonyms
How General
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Generalize comes from the Latin root genus meaning 'kind' or 'type', the same source as general and genre. To generalize from a few cases is to make one rule that fits many kinds of things, turning specific examples into a broader idea.