generalize
verb (used with object)
to infer (a general principle, trend, etc.) from particular facts, statistics, or the like.
am generalizing
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present progressiveof generalize (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am generalizing — there are many things I loved at Storm King.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2021
Of course, I am generalizing, but there is much to bear me out.
From Vicky Van by Carolyn Wells
Of course I am generalizing and doubt not that in many cultivated homes the right spirit exists, but unfortunately these are not the centres which give the tone to our “world.”
From Worldly Ways and Byways by Eliot Gregory
I am generalizing the statement, but I could particularize it.
From The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People by Woodrow Wilson
