Meaning of general | Babel Free

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1. The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces.
   countable, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of general in its various senses.
   alt-of
3. Ellipsis of General Hospital.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
4. Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
5. A great strategist or tactician.
   countable, uncountable
6. Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent
7. Generally.
8. A general fact or proposition; a generality.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
9. Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual
10. in general, a. with respect to the entirety; as a whole: to like people in general.
11. The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits.
    countable, uncountable
12. Not limited in use or application; applicable across a broad range
13. in the British army, (a person of) the rank next below field marshal. General Smith. Generaal قائِد، عَميد генерал general generál der General general στρατηγόςgeneral kindral ژنرال kenraali général/-ale גנרל सेनापति general, bojnik tábornok jenderal herforingi generale 将軍 (영) 육군 대장 generolas ģenerālis Jeneral generaalgeneralgenerał جنرال general general генерал generál general general general พลเอก general (英國)陸軍元帥以下的上將 генерал فیلڈ مارشل سے نیچے اور لیفٹیننٹ جنرل سے اوپر کا اعلی tướng （英国）陆军上将
14. A commander of naval forces; an admiral.
    countable, uncountable
15. Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite
16. veralgemening تَعْميم обобщаване generalização zevšeobecnění die Verallgemeinerung generalisering γενίκευσηgeneralización üldistamine عمومیت yleistys généralisationהכללה सामान्यीकरण uopćavanje, genaralizacija általánosítás generalisasi alhæfing generalizzazione 一般論 보편화 apibendrinimas vispārināšana generalisasi veralgemenengeneraliseringuogólnienie تعميم generalização ge­ne­­ra­li­zare обобщение zovšeobecnenie posploševanje generalizacija generalisering การพูดคลุม; การกล่าวอย่างกว้าง ๆ; ลักษณะ...
17. A general servant; a maid-of-all-work.
    colloquial, countable, historical, uncountable
18. usually; by most people; on the whole. He is generally disliked; He generally wins. gewoonlik بصورة عامّه обичайно geralmente obvykle; (vše)obecně; celkem allgemein generelt γενικάgeneralmente, corrientemente, por lo general üldiselt, tavaliselt معمولاً؛ بطور گسترده yleisesti généralementבדרך כלל प्राय: obično, općenito általában (véve) biasanya almennt; venjulega generalmente 概して 일반적으로 paprastai, visuotinai, daugiausia vispār; parasti umumnya in het algemeeni det hele tatt, som regel, stort ...
19. A general anesthetic.
    countable
20. an election in which the voters in every constituency are involved. algemene verkiesing إنتخابات عامَّه общи избори eleições gerais všeobecné volby allgemeine Wahlen parlamentsvalg βουλευτικές εκλογές elecciones generales üldvalimised انتخابات همگانی vaali élections générales בחירות כלליות आम चुनाव opći izbori képviselőválasztás pemilihan umum almennar kosningar elezioni generali 総選挙 총선거 visuotiniai rinkimai vispārējas vēlēšanas pilihan raya umum algemene verkiezingen parlaments-/stortingsval...
21. General anesthesia.
    uncountable
22. a shop that sells a wide range of goods. algemene handelaar مخْزَن عام универсален магазин armazém obchodní dům, obchod se smíšeným zbožím das Warenhaus stormagasin παντοπωλείο gran almacén universaalkauplus فروشگاهی با اجناس متنوع sekatavarakauppa grand magasinמכולת जनरल स्टोर, दुकान trgovina mješovite robe vegyeskereskedés toko serba ada (sveita)verslun; nÿlenduvöruverslun grande magazzino 雑貨店 만물상, 잡화점 universalinė parduotuvė universālveikals kedai barangan serba guna warenhuislandhandel sk...
23. The general insurance industry.
    uncountable
24. usually; in most cases. As a general rule, we don't employ unskilled workers. in die algemeen بِصورَة عامّه، على وجْه العُموم като правило como regra geral ve většině případů meistens almindelig regel κατά κανόνα por lo general, por norma üldreeglina غالباً tavallisesti en règle généraleבדרך כלל सामान्य नियम općenito, obično általánosságban biasanya yfirleitt; venjulega in genere, di norma 通例 일반적으로 paprastai parasti peraturan am in de regel som oftest/regel, vanligvis z reguły ولاً، عموماً، ع...
25. A xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace.
    countable, uncountable
26. usually; in most cases; most of (a group of people etc). People in general were not very sympathetic; People were in general not very sympathetic. oor die algemeen بصورة عامّه обикновенно em geral obvykle, většinou; většina im Allgemeinen i almindelighed γενικά, ως επί το πλείστον en general, por lo general üldiselt, tavaliselt بطور کلی yleensä en généralבאופן כללי आम तौर पर općenito, obično, većinom általá(nosság)ban pada umumnya venjulega; almennt in genere/generale 一般に 대체로 apskritai vispār...
    etc
27. the people of a town, country etc, considered as a group. algemene publiek عُموم الناس، الجُمهور العام общата публика o público em geral široká veřejnost die breite Öffentlichkeit offentligheden το ευρύ κοινό el gran público üldsus عامه مردم suuri yleisö le grand public आम लोग javnost nagyközönség rakyat umum almenningur il grande pubblico 一般大衆 일반 대중 plačioji visuomenė vienkāršie iedzīvotāji masyarakat massafolk flest, allmennhetenspołeczność, ludność عام خلک o púplico em geral marele public ...
    etc

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Examples

“Hannibal was one of the greatest generals of the ancient world.”

“We have dealt with the generals; now let us turn to the particulars.”

“Then the servants left and there was only one, a General. A great deal of your comfort and happiness depends on having a good General.”

“My general is sister to your second housemaid.”

“I work in general.”

“You're going to have to tell that to the president yourself, General.”

“General Polk stated, with all respect to General Bragg’s great abilities in the direction of organization and discipline, that he had been wanting in the higher elements of generalship in the conduct of the campaign; and that, in view of the admitted possibilities of the campaign, he considered it a failure—an opinion, he said, he believed Generals Smith and Hardee shared with him. He further said that General Bragg had lost the confidence of his generals, and, in answer to a suggestion from the President of a change of commanders, requested that General Joseph E. Johnston should be assigned to the command of the army, if a change were made.”

“The rally was organised to protest against the removal of a statue of General Lee, who commanded the pro-slavery Confederate forces during the American Civil War.”

“The ambulance is taking him to General. Owerri West General Hospital or Owerri North? Obinze is still in charge of West General. If it's that one, turn it around now.”

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