'generalizer
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generalize or generalise (ˈdʒɛnrəˌlaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to form (general principles or conclusions) from (detailed facts, experience, etc); infer |
| 2. | (intr) to think or speak in generalities, esp in a prejudiced way |
| 3. | (tr; usually passive) to cause to become widely used or known |
| 4. | (intr) of a disease |
| a. to spread throughout the body | |
| b. to change from a localized infection or condition to a systemic one: generalized infection | |
| generalise or generalise | |
| —vb | |
| 'generalizer or generalise | |
| —n | |
| 'generaliser or generalise | |
| —n | |
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'generalizer
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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