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generalize

/ˈdʒenrəlaɪz/verb

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    [I] ~ (about/on sth) | ~ (from sth)

    to say something that is based on a few facts but that you think is true in all cases

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    • You cannot generalize from one bad experience.
    • It is unfair to generalize about a whole city from one rude shopkeeper.
    • Be careful not to generalize from a small sample.
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    • It is easy to generalize about teenagers, but each one is different.
    • Scientists generalize only after repeating the experiment many times.

    Synonyms make generalizations oversimplify stereotype extrapolate

    Opposite specify particularize detail

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≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

make generalizations oversimplify stereotype extrapolate

Antonyms

specify particularize detail

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gen·er·al·ize

?Which word?

Keep the thinking words together: generalize (make a broad statement from a few facts), stereotype (have a fixed, often unfair idea about a group), extrapolate (estimate the future from present facts), infer, deduce.

सोच के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: generalize (कुछ तथ्यों से व्यापक कथन), stereotype (किसी समूह के बारे में निश्चित, प्रायः अनुचित धारणा, रूढ़िबद्ध), extrapolate (वर्तमान तथ्यों से भविष्य का अनुमान), infer, deduce।

§Grammar and usage

Generalize about sth; generalize from a few examples.

Verb generalize के बाद 'generalize about sth' आता है, यानी किसी विषय के बारे में सामान्य निष्कर्ष निकालना। 'generalize from a few examples' का अर्थ है थोड़े उदाहरण देखकर सबके लिए नियम बना लेना।

Logic: a sweeping generalization ignores exceptions ('All politicians are corrupt').

तर्कशास्त्र में sweeping generalization अपवादों को अनदेखा करता है ('All politicians are corrupt')।