verb
- to make a general statement or form a general opinion based on limited information
- to make something more general or widely applicable
Usage: British spelling
Usage: British spelling
Examples
- She generalises about teenagers based on her experience with just a few students.
- It’s dangerous to generalise from such a small sample size.
- The theory generalises well to other similar situations.
- He tends to generalise his findings beyond what the data actually supports.
- The software generalises the process for different types of users.
- Don’t generalise about an entire culture based on one person’s behavior.