General
adjective
Applying to all or most parts, members, or aspects of something.
She expressed her general approval of the plan
Often appears as...
- general knowledge
- general opinion
adjective
Usually, or in most situations.
People in general are kind
Often appears as...
- in general
- general population
noun
An officer of high rank in the army.
He was promoted to the rank of general
Often appears as...
- general's order
- army general
adjective
Applying to all parts and not specific.
A general search warrant was issued
Often appears as...
- general statute
- general jurisdiction
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Applying to all or most parts, members, or aspects of something.
She expressed her general approval of the plan
Often appears as...
- general knowledge
- general opinion
adjective
Usually, or in most situations.
People in general are kind
Often appears as...
- in general
- general population
noun
An officer of high rank in the army.
He was promoted to the rank of general
Often appears as...
- general's order
- army general
adjective
Applying to all parts and not specific.
A general search warrant was issued
Often appears as...
- general statute
- general jurisdiction
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Broad Application
Use 'general' to indicate that something applies widely without specific details.
The general rules of the game are easy to learn.
Pro Tip 2/3Implied Exceptions
'General' often suggests there may be exceptions to the statement you're making.
General admission tickets are valid for most, but not all, areas.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Absolute
'General' isn't absolute; it leaves room for variations or changes.
The meeting time is 9 AM in general, but it might start later.
Pro Tip 1/3Broad Application
Use 'general' to indicate that something applies widely without specific details.
The general rules of the game are easy to learn.
Pro Tip 2/3Implied Exceptions
'General' often suggests there may be exceptions to the statement you're making.
General admission tickets are valid for most, but not all, areas.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Absolute
'General' isn't absolute; it leaves room for variations or changes.
The meeting time is 9 AM in general, but it might start later.
Pro Tip 1/3Broad Application
Use 'general' to indicate that something applies widely without specific details.
The general rules of the game are easy to learn.
Pro Tip 2/3Implied Exceptions
'General' often suggests there may be exceptions to the statement you're making.
General admission tickets are valid for most, but not all, areas.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Absolute
'General' isn't absolute; it leaves room for variations or changes.
The meeting time is 9 AM in general, but it might start later.
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How the food you eat...
Yogurt is another fermented food that can introduce helpful bacteria into our guts. That doesn't necessarily mean that all yogurt is good for us, though. Brands with too much sugar and not enough bacteria may not actually help. These are just general guidelines. More research is needed before we fully understand
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us understand how it works your brain stores information in general categories like colors tools or furniture in each category has its own best example these examples help your brain quickly and efficiently find what it needs without having a dig through everything you know for most people the
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The benefits of a...
While a balanced bilingual has near equal abilities across the board in two languages, most bilinguals around the world know and use their languages in varying proportions. And depending on their situation and how they acquired each language, they can be classified into three general types.
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Why are some people...
Because lefties are worse at using these tools, and suffer from higher accident rates, they would be less successful in a purely cooperative world, eventually disappearing from the population. So by correctly predicting the distribution of left-handed people in the general population,
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Why do we feel...
But over the next few decades, the understanding of nostalgia changed in two important ways. Its meaning expanded from indicating homesickness to a general longing for the past. And rather than an awful disease, it began to be seen as a poignant and pleasant experience.
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The ethical dilemma of...
But accidents can and will still happen, and when they do, their outcomes may be determined months or years in advance by programmers or policy makers. And they'll have some difficult decisions to make. It's tempting to offer up general decision-making principles,
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Where do superstitions...
just before being arrested and crucified. The resulting idea that having thirteen people at a table was bad luck eventually expanded into thirteen being an unlucky number in general. Now, this fear of the number thirteen, called triskaidekaphobia,
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Stanley McChrystal:...
about the possibility of those young soldiers going into combat as being theoretical was now very, very real -- and leadership seemed important. But things had changed; I was a 46-year-old brigadier general. I'd been successful,
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The Insect That Freezes...
so reptiles and insects generally fare better in the cold when they're small some species though just can't help but defy convention remember the gargantuan bird eating cricket of the kalahari
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Catching up with...
to find the ways of like solving some of the problems that people are facing in my community or in the world in general so I'm still working a lot of waking to at ricotta and also like into like energy one of the work that I'm doing is I'm also trying to put up a lot of like modules information that people can use
Video examples
How the food you eat...
Yogurt is another fermented food that can introduce helpful bacteria into our guts. That doesn't necessarily mean that all yogurt is good for us, though. Brands with too much sugar and not enough bacteria may not actually help. These are just general guidelines. More research is needed before we fully understand
Video examples
Tap Into Your Brain's...
us understand how it works your brain stores information in general categories like colors tools or furniture in each category has its own best example these examples help your brain quickly and efficiently find what it needs without having a dig through everything you know for most people the
Video examples
The benefits of a...
While a balanced bilingual has near equal abilities across the board in two languages, most bilinguals around the world know and use their languages in varying proportions. And depending on their situation and how they acquired each language, they can be classified into three general types.
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Why are some people...
Because lefties are worse at using these tools, and suffer from higher accident rates, they would be less successful in a purely cooperative world, eventually disappearing from the population. So by correctly predicting the distribution of left-handed people in the general population,
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Why do we feel...
But over the next few decades, the understanding of nostalgia changed in two important ways. Its meaning expanded from indicating homesickness to a general longing for the past. And rather than an awful disease, it began to be seen as a poignant and pleasant experience.
Video examples
The ethical dilemma of...
But accidents can and will still happen, and when they do, their outcomes may be determined months or years in advance by programmers or policy makers. And they'll have some difficult decisions to make. It's tempting to offer up general decision-making principles,
Video examples
Where do superstitions...
just before being arrested and crucified. The resulting idea that having thirteen people at a table was bad luck eventually expanded into thirteen being an unlucky number in general. Now, this fear of the number thirteen, called triskaidekaphobia,
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Stanley McChrystal:...
about the possibility of those young soldiers going into combat as being theoretical was now very, very real -- and leadership seemed important. But things had changed; I was a 46-year-old brigadier general. I'd been successful,
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The Insect That Freezes...
so reptiles and insects generally fare better in the cold when they're small some species though just can't help but defy convention remember the gargantuan bird eating cricket of the kalahari
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Viola Davis
American Actress
I feel that confidence in women - especially young girls of color - but women, in general, is so important. It is so important for us to arm ourselves and become powerful at a very young age.
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Francis Bacon
English Philosopher
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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Dale Carnegie
American Writer
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.
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Eve Arden
American Actress
I've never cared for the character I generally played in films.
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Erin Heatherton
American Model
I love lipbalms in general; they're very important!
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Viola Davis
American Actress
I feel that confidence in women - especially young girls of color - but women, in general, is so important. It is so important for us to arm ourselves and become powerful at a very young age.
Quote examples
Francis Bacon
English Philosopher
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
Quote examples
Samuel Johnson
English Writer
The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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Dale Carnegie
American Writer
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
Quote examples
Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
Quote examples
Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.
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Eve Arden
American Actress
I've never cared for the character I generally played in films.
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Erin Heatherton
American Model
I love lipbalms in general; they're very important!
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