1. to make a general statement or form a general opinion based on limited information
2. to make something more general or widely applicable
3. to speak in general terms without giving specific details

Examples

• You can’t generalize about all teenagers based on one bad experience.
• It’s dangerous to generalize from such a small sample size.
• The teacher asked students not to generalize their findings without more data.
• We need to generalize this software so it works on different operating systems.
• The politician tends to generalize rather than address specific policy details.
• Don’t generalize about people from different cultures.
• Scientists generalize their theories to apply to broader phenomena.