Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to specific or particular.

(now rare) A general fact or proposition; a generality.

To lead (soldiers) as a general.

(obsolete) In a general or collective manner or sense; in most cases; upon the whole.

Popularly or widely. / As a rule; usually. / Without reference to specific details. / In the general case, without exception. / (obsolete) Collectively; as a whole; without omissions.

(military) The military officer title

(informal, medicine) Short for General Hospital. or "X General Hospital" (where X is a stand-in for another part of the name), a common hospital name.

An act or instance of generalizing; concluding that something true of a subclass is true of the entire class

To speak in generalities, or in vague terms. / To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles. / To spread throughout the body and become systemic.

Made more general, less specialized. / (medicine) Spread throughout or affecting the entire body or body part.