- General Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
GENERAL meaning: 1 : of, relating to, or affecting all the people or things in a group involving or including many or most people; 2 : relating to the main or major parts of something rather than the details not specific
- GENERAL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of GENERAL is involving, applicable to, or affecting the whole How to use general in a sentence
- GENERAL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
GENERAL meaning: 1 involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are… Learn more
- GENERAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
A general is a senior officer in the armed forces, usually in the army He rose through the ranks to become a general
- General - definition of general by The Free Dictionary
1 of, pertaining to, or affecting all persons or things belonging to a group, category, or system: a general meeting of members; a general amnesty 2 of, pertaining to, or true of such persons or things in the main; common to most; usual: the general mood of the people
- General - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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
- general - definition and meaning - Wordnik
general: Concerned with, applicable to, or affecting the whole or every member of a class or category
- general, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are 37 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word general, nine of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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