things of general description

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• general — generalness, n. /jen euhr euhl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: a general meeting of the employees. 2. of, pertaining to, or true of such persons or things in the main, with possible… …   Universalium

• general — I UK [ˈdʒen(ə)rəl] / US adjective *** 1) not specific, exact, or detailed Could you just give us a general description of the work you do? Her predictions are so general that they could apply to anybody. in general terms: We are prepared to… …   English dictionary

• general — gen•er•al [[t]ˈdʒɛn ər əl[/t]] adj. 1) of, pertaining to, or affecting all persons or things belonging to a group, category, or system: a general meeting of members; a general amnesty[/ex] 2) of, pertaining to, or true of such persons or things… …   From formal English to slang

• description — de|scrip|tion W2S2 [dıˈskrıpʃən] n [U and C] 1.) a piece of writing or speech that gives details about what someone or something is like ▪ Berlin sounds fascinating from your description. description of ▪ The writer began with a description of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• general — gen|er|al1 [ dʒen(ə)rəl ] adjective *** ▸ 1 not specific/detailed ▸ 2 relevant to most cases ▸ 3 true of whole of something ▸ 4 dealing with all of something ▸ 5 responsible for whole ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) not specific, exact, or detailed: Could you… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• general*/*/*/ — [ˈdʒen(ə)rəl] adj I 1) not specific, exact, or detailed Could you just give us a general description of the work you do?[/ex] I m probably not making myself very clear, but you get the general idea.[/ex] 2) involving or true for most people,… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• General relativity — For a generally accessible and less technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to general relativity. General relativity Introduction Mathematical formulation Resources …   Wikipedia

• General protection fault — This article is about the x86 exception. For the webcomic, see General Protection Fault (webcomic). A general protection fault (GPF) in the Intel x86 and AMD x86 64 architectures, and other unrelated architectures, is a fault (a type of… …   Wikipedia

• General Association of Baptists — Part of a series on Baptists …   Wikipedia

• General Order No. 11 (1863) — Not to be confused with General Order No. 11 (1862) General Order No. 11 is the title of a Union Army decree issued during the American Civil War on 25 August 1863, forcing the evacuation of rural areas in four counties in western Missouri.The… …   Wikipedia

• General Prologue, The — (ca. 1386)    Geoffrey CHAUCER’s CANTERBURY TALES opens with one of the most famous introductions in literary history, the narrative poem commonly known as the General Prologue. Composed in rhyming couplets of iambic pentameter lines, the poem… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature