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degeneralize

degeneralize verb: to make less general and more specific.

Verb

degeneralize (third-person singular simple present degeneralizes, present participle degeneralizing, simple past and past participle degeneralized)

  1. (transitive) To make less general and more specific.

Forms of degeneralize

third-person singular presentdegeneralizes
present participledegeneralizing
past participledegeneralized
pastdegeneralized

Origin of degeneralize

From de- + generalize.

Questions about degeneralize

What does degeneralize mean?
Degeneralize means to make less general and more specific.
What part of speech is degeneralize?
Degeneralize is a verb.
What is the past tense of degeneralize?
The past tense of degeneralize is degeneralized.

Words near degeneralize in the dictionary

  1. degener
  2. degeneracies
  3. degeneracy
  4. degeneralization
  5. degeneralizations
  6. degeneralize
  7. degeneralized
  8. degeneralizes
  9. degeneralizing
  10. degenerate
  11. degenerate conic

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