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(adj)
(pharmacology) Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.
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For general purposes; all-purpose.
Made more general, less specialized.
For all purposes; general-purpose.
(adv)
Generally; with everything considered.
Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society.
Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired.
not varied; monotonous or homogeneous; samely
Wide in extent or scope.
Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts.
Large in amount, scope or extent.
(n)
(physical) Matter, material.
Inclusive; affecting the whole world.
Throughout the world.
Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation.
Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.
Simple, unaltered.
(of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
(nonstandard) Synonym of nonspecific (“not specific”).
Not diversified.
Common to all members of a group or class.
(epidemiology) A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.
a general officer of the highest rank
spread throughout
As a rule; usually.
Alternative spelling of at large.
in a general fashion
Alternative spelling of generalized. [Made more general, less specialized.]
(uncountable) The quality of being general.
As a rule; usually; typically; in most cases.
Including everything; universal.
Having a broad scope; of universal application.
Having many skills, versatile.
In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion.
Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
wide or comprehensive in scope or applicability.
Broadly based, wide-ranging.
Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
Widespread or preferred.
Normal, average; to be expected.
Primary; most important; first level in importance.
Occurring over a wide range; appearing throughout a broad region, or extending over a diverse spectrum of possibilities.
In an expected or customary manner.
(idiomatic) Able to do many or all things well.
Most commonly occurring; typical.
Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
The whole; the complete or amount.
(sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete.
By everyone or by the vast majority of people.
Including (almost) everything within its scope.
A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
Having a noticeable or major effect.
Entire, undivided.
Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
Prevalent, common, widespread.
determining finally, conclusive, decisive
Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
Fundamental or underlying.
the property of being universal, common to all members of a class
Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.
Relating to a study of the whole instead of a separation into parts.
At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity.
Using every available means.
A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
composed and coordinated to form a whole
Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
Having undergone consolidation.
(colloquial, hyperbolic) A very long time.
Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
Having a large physical extent from side to side.
Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
(intensifier, sometimes childish) Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.
A regulation, law, guideline.
An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
(with a superlative adjective) Beyond all others.
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
(collective) A group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company.
Involving speaking.
(informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.
Of a large size or extent; great.
Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
Fully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance.
Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
Someone who has control over something or someone.