in general

Idioms  

1. Referring to a group of persons or a subject as a whole, as opposed to particular ones. For example, I am speaking about contracts in general , or Girls in general mature at a younger age than boys . [Late 1300s] For an antonym, see in particular .

2. For the most part; commonly, usually. For example, In general the children behaved very well , or Our winters are quite mild in general . [Early 1700s]

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Example Sentences

The more scholarly aspects of “1000 Women in Horror” often pair up with an indignation about how life in slasher films, just as an example, reflects life for women in general.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We really have to nail productivity in general and particularly productivity on the business front.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Shanghai Chic would reflect their ideas of China—of the East in general—as much as anything else, but I didn’t see a way around that.

From Literature

“Comparing October’s prices to today’s prices for a June cruise, they are mixed but in general lower than they were in the fall,” said Tanner Callais, founder of travel website Cruzely.com.

From The Wall Street Journal

Private credit funds have made large amounts of loans to the tech sector in general, and software companies in particular, that are suddenly being viewed as potentially vulnerable thanks to the emergence of artificial intelligence.

From Barron's

Related Words

• especially
• essentially
• largely
• mostly
• predominantly
• principally