How do you use the word "generalize" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "generalize" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "generalize": You can't just generalize like that. Don't generalize about an entire group of people just because you had some bad experiences.

Generalize Meaning

/ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹə.laɪz/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo speak in generalities, or in vague terms.

verbTo infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.

Sentence Examples

You can't just generalize like that.

Don't generalize about an entire group of people just because you had some bad experiences.

In general, people who generalize are imbeciles, but only in general.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

infer popularize generalise

Antonyms:

specify

CEFR Practice Quiz

Scientists should not ____ their results from a single test; many tests are needed.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

It is important not to ____ the results of a small study to a much larger and more diverse group of people.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus, generis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin generālisbor. Anglo-Norman generalbor. Middle French generalbor. ▲ Latin generālisder. Middle English general English general Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English generalize From general + -ize.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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:

"A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts." — August 24, 1831, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Truth and Maxims:

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