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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "general"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ, āĻĒā§āϰāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ

involving or affecting all or most people or things
general definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The general public enjoyed the event.
āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϜāύāĻ—āĻŖ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ, āĻŦ⧈āĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•

applying to many different things, rather than being specific to just one type or class
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She has a general understanding of economics, although her expertise lies in other areas.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āφāϛ⧇, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ, āĻĒā§āϰāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ

applicable in most or all cases, without exceptions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It ’s a general principle that honesty is important.
āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āϏāϤāϤāĻž āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ, āĻŦ⧈āĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•

having broad authority or responsibility
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A general contractor coordinates the building project.
āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻœā§‡āύāĻžāϰ⧇āϞ, āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻž

a high-ranking officer in the army, Air Force, or Marines
general definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After decades of service, she reached the pinnacle of her career when she was promoted to the rank of general.
āĻĻāĻļāϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĻāĻļāĻ• āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻœā§‡āύāĻžāϰ⧇āϞ āĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āĻĒāĻĻā§‹āĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ, āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ

a fact, idea, or statement that applies to a whole, rather than to specific details or particular cases
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He focused on the general but neglected to address individual concerns.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻšā§‡āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻœā§‡āύāĻžāϰ⧇āϞ, āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ

the superior or leader of a specific religious order, such as the Dominicans or Jesuits
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The general oversees the spiritual direction of the members.
āĻœā§‡āύāĻžāϰ⧇āϞ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āϤāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏ⧇āύāĻž āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧇āύāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to lead or command soldiers
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was tasked with generaling the unit in the absence of the commander.
āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āχāωāύāĻŋāϟ āĻœā§‡āύāĻžāϰ⧇āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

generality
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