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: of national scope; "a general election"
4: prevailing among and common to the general public; "the
general discontent"
5: (medicine) affecting the entire body; "a general
anesthetic"; "general symptoms" [ant: {local}]
6: somewhat indefinite; "bearing a general resemblance to the
original"; "a general description of the merchandise"
7: 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}, {universal}, {worldwide}]
n 1: a general officer of the highest rank [syn: {full general}]
2: a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he
discussed the general but neglected the particular" [ant:
{particular}, {particular}]
v : command as a general; "We are generaled by an incompetent!"