general

applying to all or most members of a category or group

“the general public”

“general assistance”

“a general rule”

“in general terms”

not specialized or limited to one class of things

“general studies”

“general knowledge”

prevailing among and common to the general public

“the general discontent”

affecting the entire body

“a general anesthetic”

“general symptoms”

somewhat indefinite

“bearing a general resemblance to the original”

“a general description of the merchandise”

of worldwide scope or applicability

“an issue of cosmopolitan import”

“{'source': 'Christopher Morley', 'text': 'the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time'}”

“universal experience”

a general officer of the highest rank

the head of a religious order or congregation

a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)

“he discussed the general but neglected the particular”

command as a general

“We are generaled by an incompetent!”