Definition/Meaning of general

• English - Adjective: general (comparative more general, superlative most general) Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal . 1842, Douglas Jerrold, “Mr Peppersorn ‘At Home’”, in Cakes and Ale: "Among us!" was the general shout, and Peppersorn sat frozen to his chair. c. 1495, John Skelton, "Vppon a deedman's hed": It is generall / To be mortall:…
• English - Noun: general (countable and uncountable, plural generals) (countable, uncountable) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces. General Eisenhower was the first SACEUR. (countable, uncountable) A…
• English - Verb: general (third-person singular simple present generals, present participle (US) generaling or (UK) generalling, simple past and past participle (US) generaled or (UK) generalled) To lead ( soldiers ) as a general. 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 38: Generalled by Mrs. Hauksbee, who, again, had all Mrs.…
• English - Adverb: general (not comparable) (not comparable, obsolete) In a general or collective manner or sense; in most cases; upon the whole.
• English - Alternative forms: generall ( chiefly archaic )