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Meaning of general

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  general
      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!"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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