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generalizes

generalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of generalize.

Meaning of generalize

Verb

generalize (third-person singular simple present generalizes, present participle generalizing, simple past and past participle generalized)

  1. To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
  2. To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
    • Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton generalized them still more by referring this last to the motion of a stone through the air.1795, William Nicholson, A Dictionary of Chemistry
  3. To spread throughout the body and become systemic.
  4. To derive or deduce (a general concept or principle) from particular facts.
    • A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts.August 24, 1831, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Truth and Maxims

Questions about generalizes

What is generalizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Generalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of generalize.

Words near generalizes in the dictionary

  1. generalized estimating equations
  2. generalized search tree
  3. generalized search trees
  4. generalizer
  5. generalizers
  6. generalizes
  7. generalizibility
  8. generalizing
  9. generall
  10. generalled
  11. generalling

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