Definition of general
- a. - Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class
or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy.
- a. - Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or
particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or
conclusion.
- a. - Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not
specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and
general expression.
- a. - Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;
prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a
general custom.
- a. - Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,
our general sire.
- a. - As a whole; in gross; for the most part.
- a. - Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or
method.
- a. - The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to
all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular.
- a. - One of the chief military officers of a government or
country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a
brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field
marshal.
- a. - The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as,
to beat the general.
- a. - The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or
congregations under the same rule.
- a. - The public; the people; the vulgar.