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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of generalise.

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  • Whether a media outlet is basically oriented to the left or to the right, it still 'generalises' its public in this way, by working with the model of a totality of consumers with common concerns.

    The Media: Public Interest and Common Good: lecture delivered at Lambeth Palace 2005

  • He argued that Singularity is inevitably implied by a long-term pattern of accelerating change that generalises Moore's law to technologies predating the integrated circuit, and includes material technology (especially as applied to nanotech), medical technology and other disciplines.

    DK Matai: The Rise of The Bio-Info-Nano Singularity 2010

  • He generalises about journalists – he has problems with a few of us so he thinks we're all bad.

    World Cup 2010: Slim win raises worries about Brazil's lack of bite Sean Ingle in Johannesburg 2010

  • Oh wow, I know what kind of person you are Jeff, the kind that generalises and makes sweeping statements about people, especially ones you have no idea about.

    Filmstalker: Whatever Works trailer online 2009

  • Orwell often generalises confidently about Chesterton's lack of prophetic prowess and, in a 1944 Tribune column, there is perhaps a near paraphrase of Chesterton's famous preface to the novel.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Jack of Kent 2009

  • European fantasy (if one generalises might as well make it a large one) works best using the historical blindspots, its a vertical fantasy compressed into the weight of history.

    Yatterings » American Fantasy 2007

  • Orwell often generalises confidently about Chesterton's lack of prophetic prowess and, in a 1944 Tribune column, there is perhaps a near paraphrase of Chesterton's famous preface to the novel.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Jack of Kent 2009

  • In psychology, you'ld usually talk about "ecological validity" -- whether the study generalises to other settings or places.

    Social Network Adoption Effects Map From Real to Virtual 2009

  • Orwell often generalises confidently about Chesterton's lack of prophetic prowess and, in a 1944 Tribune column, there is perhaps a near paraphrase of Chesterton's famous preface to the novel.

    Why did George Orwell call his novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four"? Jack of Kent 2009

  • Orwell often generalises confidently about Chesterton's lack of prophetic prowess and, in a 1944 Tribune column, there is perhaps a near paraphrase of Chesterton's famous preface to the novel.

    Why did George Orwell call his novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four"? Jack of Kent 2009

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