General - Definition

adj 1: applying to all or most members of a category or group;
"the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general
rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general
reader" [ant: specific]
2: not specialized or limited to one class of things; "general
studies"; "general knowledge"
3: prevailing among and common to the general public; "the
general discontent"
4: affecting the entire body; "a general anesthetic"; "general
symptoms" [ant: local]
5: somewhat indefinite; "bearing a general resemblance to the
original"; "a general description of the merchandise"
6: of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of
cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical
comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal
experience" [syn: cosmopolitan, ecumenical,
oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-
wide]
n 1: a general officer of the highest rank [syn: general,
full general]
2: the head of a religious order or congregation [syn:
general, superior general]
3: a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he
discussed the general but neglected the particular" [ant:
particular, specific]
v 1: command as a general; "We are generaled by an incompetent!"