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Meaning

Adj

●
Including or
every part or
of a given or
, whole etc.;
specific or particular.
●
Applied to a person (as a
or a
) to
, in
or
, and
in other terms; pre-eminent.
●
Prevalent or
among a given
or area; common, usual.
●
Not
or
;
across a
range.
●
Giving or
only the most important
of something,
; indefinite.
●
Not of a specific
; miscellaneous.

Noun

●
In Military ranks:
The
of a
,
the
of an
and now a specific
(in the British
) and below
or
in the US
and
s.
●
A great
or tactician.
●
A general
or
; a generality.
●
In Christianity:
The
of certain
, especially Dominicans or Jesuits.
●
In Nautical:
A
of
; an admiral.
●
A general
; a
with no specific duties.
●
A general anesthetic.
●
General anesthesia.
●
In Insurance:
The
industry.
●
In Xiangqi:
A
that is
one point
and
within the palace.
●
In Military & Titles:
The
title.

Verb

●
To lead (soldiers) as a general.

Adv

●
In a general or
or
; in most
; upon the whole.

Name

●
Short for General Hospital or X General Hospital (where X is a
for another part of the
), a common
.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

general
English
arrow
general
Anglo-Norman
Sourced from
Etym

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