General

·adj The public; the people; the vulgar.

II. General ·adj As a whole; in gross; for the most part.

III. General ·adj Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method.

IV. General ·adj Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam, our general sire.

V. General ·adj The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general.

VI. General ·adj The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule.

VII. General ·adj The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part;

— opposed to particular.

VIII. General ·adj Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy.

IX. General ·adj Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or conclusion.

X. General ·adj Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression.

XI. General ·adj Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom.

XII. General ·adj 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.