generalized Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb draw from specific cases for more general cases
   extrapolate; generalize; infer; generalise.
   
2. verb speak or write in generalities
   generalize; generalise.
   
3. verb cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
   popularise; vulgarise; generalise; generalize; vulgarize; popularize.
   
   • They popularized coffee in Washington State
   • Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors
4. verb become systemic and spread throughout the body
   generalize; generalise.
   
   • this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system
5. adjective satellite not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment
   generalised.
   
   • the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal

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