What does general mean in English? Meaning of general definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "general": a general officer of the highest rank
Noun
Meaning: a general officer of the highest rankSynonyms: full general
generalHyponyms: blucher
g. l. von blucher
gebhard leberecht von blucher
von blucherHypernyms: general officerInstance Hyponyms: 1st viscount montgomery of alamein
a. e. burnside
agricola
albrecht eusebius wenzel von wallenstein
alcibiades
ambrose everett burnside
andrew jackson
anthony
anthony wayne
antigonus
antigonus cyclops
antonio lopez de santa ana
antonio lopez de santa anna
antonius
antony
archibald percival wavell
arnold
arthur wellesley
baron clive
baron clive of plassey
baron hugh caswall tremenheere dowding
belisarius
belshazzar
benedict arnold
bernard law montgomery
billy mitchell
black jack pershing
bolivar
bomber harris
bonaparte
bradley
bragg
braxton bragg
burgoyne
burnside
butcher cumberland
caesar
charles andre joseph marie de gaulle
charles cornwallis
charles de gaulle
chiang chung-cheng
chiang kai-shek
churchill
clark
clausewitz
clay
clive
colin luther powell
colin powell
comte de rochambeau
comte de saxe
cornwallis
cromwell
cumberland
custer
dayan
de gaulle
demetrius
demetrius i
demetrius poliorcetes
doolittle
douglas macarthur
dowding
dowdy
duc d'elchingen
duke of cumberland
duke of marlborough
duke of wellington
dwight d. eisenhower
dwight david eisenhower
dwight eisenhower
eisenhower
el caudillo
el libertador
eugene
fighting joe hooker
first duke of marlborough
first duke of wellington
first earl wavell
first marquess cornwallis
flaminius
flavius josephus
francisco franco
franco
gaius flaminius
gaius julius caesar
garibaldi
general charles de gaulle
general custer
general de gaulle
general franco
gentleman johnny
george armstrong custer
george catlett marshall
george edward pickett
george gordon meade
george marshall
george washington
georgi konstantinovich zhukov
georgi zhukov
giuseppe garibaldi
gnaeus julius agricola
gnaeus pompeius magnus
grant
groves
hannibal
harris
hasdrubal
hermann maurice saxe
hindenburg
hiram ulysses grant
holofernes
hooker
houston
hugh dowding
ike
iron duke
ironsides
j. e. johnston
jackson
james harold doolittle
jean baptiste donatien de vimeur
jimmy doolittle
john burgoyne
john churchill
john joseph pershing
johnston
joseph ben matthias
joseph eggleston johnston
joseph hooker
joseph warren stilwell
josephus
julius caesar
karl von clausewitz
lee
leslie richard groves
licinius lucullus
little corporal
lucius clay
lucius cornelius sulla felix
lucius dubignon clay
lucius licinius lucullus
lucius licinius luculus
lucullus
luculus
lysander
lysimachus
macarthur
mad anthony wayne
marcus antonius
mark anthony
mark antony
mark clark
mark wayne clark
marshal saxe
marshall
meade
michel ney
miltiades
mitchell
monophthalmos
montgomery
moshe dayan
napoleon
napoleon bonaparte
napoleon i
ney
old hickory
oliver cromwell
omar bradley
omar nelson bradley
paul ludwig von beneckendorff und von hindenburg
paul von hindenburg
pershing
pickett
pompey
pompey the great
powell
president eisenhower
president grant
president washington
prince eugene of savoy
publius cornelius scipio
publius cornelius scipio africanus major
robert clive
robert e. lee
robert edward lee
rochambeau
sam houston
samuel houston
santa ana
santa anna
saxe
scipio
scipio africanus
scipio africanus major
scipio the elder
scott
seleucus
seleucus i
seleucus i nicator
sherman
simon bolivar
sir arthur travers harris
sir bernard law montgomery
siraj-ud-daula
stilwell
stonewall jackson
sulla
thomas j. jackson
thomas jackson
thomas jonathan jackson
ulysses grant
ulysses s. grant
ulysses simpson grant
uncle joe
vinegar joe stilwell
wallenstein
washington
wavell
wayne
wellington
william augustus
william mitchell
william tecumseh sherman
winfield scott
xenophon
zhukovMeaning of "general": command as a general
Verb
Meaning: command as a generalExample: We are generaled by an incompetent!Synonyms: generalHypernyms: commandMeaning of "general": applying to all or most members of a category or group
Adjective
Meaning: applying to all or most members of a category or groupExample: the general public
general assistance
a general rule
in general terms
comprehensible to the general readerSynonyms: generalAntonyms: specificSimilar: all-purpose
broad
general-purpose
generic
gross
overall
pandemic
universal
unspecific
widespreadAlso see: comprehensive
imprecise
indiscriminate
unspecialised
unspecializedMeaning of "general": the head of a religious order or congregation
Noun
Meaning: the head of a religious order or congregationSynonyms: general
superior generalHypernyms: chief
head
top dogMeaning of "general": not specialized or limited to one class of things
Adjective
Meaning: not specialized or limited to one class of thingsExample: general studies
general knowledgeSynonyms: generalSimilar: undiversifiedMeaning of "general": a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
Noun
Meaning: a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)Example: he discussed the general but neglected the particularSynonyms: generalHypernyms: factAntonyms: particular
specificMeaning of "general": prevailing among and common to the general public
Adjective
Meaning: prevailing among and common to the general publicExample: the general discontentSynonyms: generalSimilar: commonMeaning of "general": affecting the entire body
Adjective
Meaning: affecting the entire bodyExample: a general anesthetic
general symptomsSynonyms: generalAntonyms: localSimilar: systemicMeaning of "general": somewhat indefinite
Adjective
Meaning: somewhat indefiniteExample: bearing a general resemblance to the original
a general description of the merchandiseSynonyms: generalSimilar: impreciseMeaning of "general": of worldwide scope or applicability
Adjective
Meaning: of worldwide scope or applicabilityExample: an issue of cosmopolitan import
the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time
universal experienceSynonyms: cosmopolitan
ecumenical
general
oecumenical
universal
world-wide
worldwideSimilar: comprehensiveAdjective: Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to specific or particular. [from 13th c.] c. 1495, John Skelton, "Vppon a deedman's hed": It is generall / To be mortall: / I haue well espyde / No man may hym hyde / From Deth holow eyed [...]. 1842, Douglas Jerrold, "Mr Peppersorn ‘At Home’", Cakes and Ale: "Among us!" was the general shout, and Peppersorn sat frozen to his chair. 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.27: Undoubtedly the age of the Antonines was much better than any later age until the Renaissance, from the point of view of the general happiness. 2006, Ruth Sutherland, "Invite public to the private equity party", The Observer, 15 Oct 06: One advantage of having profitable companies in Britain is that they pay large sums in corporate tax into the Exchequer, which in theory at least is used for the general good.c. 1495, John Skelton, "Vppon a deedman's hed": It is generall / To be mortall: / I haue well espyde / No man may hym hyde / From Deth holow eyed [...].1842, Douglas Jerrold, "Mr Peppersorn ‘At Home’", Cakes and Ale: "Among us!" was the general shout, and Peppersorn sat frozen to his chair.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.27: Undoubtedly the age of the Antonines was much better than any later age until the Renaissance, from the point of view of the general happiness.2006, Ruth Sutherland, "Invite public to the private equity party", The Observer, 15 Oct 06: One advantage of having profitable companies in Britain is that they pay large sums in corporate tax into the Exchequer, which in theory at least is used for the general good.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. [from 14th c.] 1865, Edward Cust, Lives of the Warriors of the Thirty Years War, p. 527: For these successes he obtained the rank of Field-Marshal General. 2002, James Turner, Libertines and Radicals in Early Modern London, p. 122: He becomes the chief chartered libertine, the whoremaster-general flourishing his "standard" over a female army [...].1865, Edward Cust, Lives of the Warriors of the Thirty Years War, p. 527: For these successes he obtained the rank of Field-Marshal General.2002, James Turner, Libertines and Radicals in Early Modern London, p. 122: He becomes the chief chartered libertine, the whoremaster-general flourishing his "standard" over a female army [...].Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual. [from 14th c.] 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, IX: ‘I can't quite afford you the sympathy you expect upon this score,’ I replied; ‘the misfortune is so general, that it belongs to one half of the species [...].’ 2008, John Patterson, "Home movies", The Guardian, 20 Dec 08: The general opinion on Baz Luhrmann's overstuffed epic Australia seems to be that it throws in everything but the kitchen sink, and then tosses that in too, just to be sure.1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, IX: ‘I can't quite afford you the sympathy you expect upon this score,’ I replied; ‘the misfortune is so general, that it belongs to one half of the species [...].’2008, John Patterson, "Home movies", The Guardian, 20 Dec 08: The general opinion on Baz Luhrmann's overstuffed epic Australia seems to be that it throws in everything but the kitchen sink, and then tosses that in too, just to be sure.Not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category. [from 14th c.] 1924, Time, 17 Mar 1924: M. Venizelos went to Athens from Paris early last January in response to a general invitation from the Greek populace. 2009, Douglas P Zipes, Saturday Evening Post, vol. 281:1, p. 20: Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a general term indicating a rapid heartbeat (tachycardia) coming from the top chambers of the heart - in essence, above (supra) the lower chamber (ventricular).1924, Time, 17 Mar 1924: M. Venizelos went to Athens from Paris early last January in response to a general invitation from the Greek populace.2009, Douglas P Zipes, Saturday Evening Post, vol. 281:1, p. 20: Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a general term indicating a rapid heartbeat (tachycardia) coming from the top chambers of the heart - in essence, above (supra) the lower chamber (ventricular).Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite. [from 16th c.] 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, X: As she thus spoke, the entrance of the servants with dinner cut off all conversation but that of a general nature. 2006, Kevin Nance, "Ghosts of the White City", Chicago Sun-Times, 16 Jul 06: The quick answer is that the 1893 Exposition was simply so important -- "the greatest event in the history of the country since the Civil War," as Harper's put it that October -- but that feels too general. 2008, Robert P Maloney, "The Quiet Carpenter", America, vol. 199:19, p. 18: Given the scarcity of relevant historical detail in the New Testament, we are left with only a general outline about Joseph.1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, X: As she thus spoke, the entrance of the servants with dinner cut off all conversation but that of a general nature.2006, Kevin Nance, "Ghosts of the White City", Chicago Sun-Times, 16 Jul 06: The quick answer is that the 1893 Exposition was simply so important -- "the greatest event in the history of the country since the Civil War," as Harper's put it that October -- but that feels too general.2008, Robert P Maloney, "The Quiet Carpenter", America, vol. 199:19, p. 18: Given the scarcity of relevant historical detail in the New Testament, we are left with only a general outline about Joseph.Not limited to a specific class; miscellaneous, concerned with all branches of a given subject or area. [from 16th c.] 1941, W Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa, Vintage 2004, p. 24: There was a moment's pause. The Princess broke in with some casual remark and once more the conversation became general. 1947, "Russian Catechism", Time, 20 Oct 1947: Already in the primary school work is conducted for the purpose of equipping the pupils with those elements of general knowledge which are closely related to the military preparation of future warriors. 2007, Alan Cheuse, "A Little Death", Southern Review, vol. 43:3, p. 692: His measured, springless walk was the walk of the skilled countryman as distinct from the desultory shamble of the general labourer [...].1941, W Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa, Vintage 2004, p. 24: There was a moment's pause. The Princess broke in with some casual remark and once more the conversation became general.1947, "Russian Catechism", Time, 20 Oct 1947: Already in the primary school work is conducted for the purpose of equipping the pupils with those elements of general knowledge which are closely related to the military preparation of future warriors.2007, Alan Cheuse, "A Little Death", Southern Review, vol. 43:3, p. 692: His measured, springless walk was the walk of the skilled countryman as distinct from the desultory shamble of the general labourer [...].Synonyms:
commonplace, natural, normal, generic, familiar, universal, routine, humdrum, regular, accustomed, broad, ordinary, public, prevailing, conventional, customary, everyday, extensive, habitual, inclusive, popular, prevalent, run-of-the-mill, typical, uneventful, usual, wide, widespread, wonted, matter-of-course, loose, ill-defined, inaccurate, indefinite, uncertain, vague, imprecise, not partial, not particular, not specific, undetailed, unspecific, catholic, collective, generic, broad, universal, overall, diffuse, infinite, sweeping, total, blanket, across-the-board, all-around, all-inclusive, ample, ecumenical, encyclopedic, endless, extensive, far-reaching, global, inclusive, indiscriminate, limitless, miscellaneous, panoramic, ubiquitous, unlimited, wide, worldwide, unconfined, comprehending, all-embracing, taken as a whole,
Antonyms:
infrequent, unusual, abnormal, eccentric, individual, specific, unknown, extraordinary, novel, peculiar, rare, uncommon, different, irregular, strange, particular, private, exceptional, unaccepted, unique, circumscribed, definite, exact, limited, singular, abnormal, extraordinary, individual, novel, unusual, specific, exceptional, rare, unaccepted, uncommon, unique, circumscribed, definite, exact, limited, particular, singular, specific, exclusive, restricted, confined, incomplete, abnormal, extraordinary, individual, novel, unusual, narrow, particular, partial, limited, exceptional, rare, unaccepted, uncommon, unique, circumscribed, definite, exact, singular,