"generality" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ɪ.ti/ [UK], /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ə.ti/ [Canada, US], [ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ə.ɾi] [Canada, US], /ˌd͡ʒen.əˈɹæl.ə.ti/ [General-Australian], [ˌd͡ʒen.əˈɹæl.ə.ɾi] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-StuckInLagToad-generality.wav Forms: generalities [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪti Etymology: From Middle English generalite, from Middle French generalité. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|generalite}} Middle English generalite, {{der|en|frm|generalité}} Middle French generalité Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} generality (countable and uncountable, plural generalities)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being general. Tags: uncountable Synonyms (quality of being general): oftenness Translations (quality): генералност (generalnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), общоприложимост (obštopriložimost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ylimalkaisuus (Finnish), epämääräisyys (Finnish), xeneralidade [feminine] (Galician), ზოგადობა (zogadoba) (Georgian), გაურკვევლობა (gaurḳvevloba) (Georgian), განუსაზღვრელობა (ganusazɣvreloba) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-generality-en-noun-AQFM2FDS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 4 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 5 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 93 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 93 3 3 Disambiguation of 'quality of being general': 97 2 1 Disambiguation of 'quality': 99 0 1
  2. (uncountable) The population in general. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-generality-en-noun-evZ62PzD
  3. (countable) A generalization. Tags: countable Translations (generalization): обобщение (obobštenie) [feminine] (Bulgarian), yleistys (Finnish), განზოგადება (ganzogadeba) (Georgian), обобще́ние (obobščénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-generality-en-noun-0pJJe6E2 Disambiguation of 'generalization': 6 2 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: commonness, generalty [archaic] Derived forms: glittering generality, glowing generality, without loss of generality

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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