generalisation
gb/d͡ʒˈɛnɚəlɪsˈeɪʃən/ us/d͡ʒˈɛnɚəlɪsˈeɪʃən/
B2
ఆంగ్లం
అర్థాలు
0 అర్థాలు
నామవాచకం
B2
abstract
1
broad claim about a whole group
A general statement about many things or people, often not true for all of them.
వాడుక నమూనా:
a generalisation (about [someone/something])
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners may use a generalisation as if it were a proven fact; in English it often suggests the statement may be too broad or unfair.
పర్యాయపదాలు
sweeping statement (Emphasises that it is too broad or unfair.)
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broad claim (Highlights lack of detail rather than unfairness.)
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generalization (US spelling.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
specific claim (Limited to a particular case rather than a whole category.)
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detail (Focuses on precise information instead of a broad summary.)
పదకలయికలు
a sweeping generalisation
|a broad generalisation
|a crude generalisation
|an unfair generalisation
|a misleading generalisation
|a dangerous generalisation
|a lazy generalisation
|to make generalisations
|to avoid generalisations
|to challenge a generalisation
విషయాలు
communication
|thinking
|society
ఉదాహరణలు
- Saying that teenagers are lazy is a common generalisation.
- It’s a dangerous generalisation to assume everyone from one country thinks the same way.
- The report avoids generalisations and gives concrete examples.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- That is a generalisation about students.
- Try not to make generalisations.
నామవాచకం
formal
C1
process
2
forming a general rule from examples
Making a general rule by looking at many examples.
వాడుక నమూనా:
generalisation from [examples/data]
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners sometimes confuse the process (generalisation) with a single broad statement (a generalisation).
పర్యాయపదాలు
abstraction (Often suggests focusing on the essential features and ignoring details.)
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induction (A more technical term for reasoning from particular cases to a general conclusion.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
particularisation (Moving from general ideas to specific cases.)
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specification (Making something more detailed or exact.)
పదకలయికలు
generalisation from data
|generalisation from experience
|the ability to generalise
|to draw a generalisation
|to test a generalisation
|to support a generalisation
|to base a generalisation on evidence
|a useful generalisation
|a valid generalisation
|a rough generalisation
విషయాలు
education
|thinking
|science
ఉదాహరణలు
- Children learn language through generalisation from the speech they hear.
- The theory depends on generalisation from a small number of observations.
- Good teaching encourages generalisation, not just memorisation.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- We learn by generalisation from examples.
నామవాచకం
technical
C1
property
3
working well in new cases
How well something works on new examples.
వాడుక నమూనా:
generalisation to [new data/populations/situations]
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Often confused with 'generalisation' meaning a broad statement about people; in this sense it refers to performance beyond the original data.
పర్యాయపదాలు
transferability (Emphasises working in different settings or tasks.)
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external validity (Common in research; emphasises whether findings apply beyond the study sample.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
overfitting (Performing well on training data but badly on new data.)
పదకలయికలు
good generalisation
|poor generalisation
|generalisation performance
|generalisation error
|generalisation ability
|generalisation to new data
|out-of-sample generalisation
|improve generalisation
|test generalisation
|lack of generalisation
విషయాలు
technology
|science
|statistics
ఉదాహరణలు
- The model shows strong generalisation on unseen data.
- We added regularisation to improve generalisation performance.
- The study’s main weakness is limited generalisation to other populations.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- This model has good generalisation.
నామవాచకం
formal
C1
process
4
making something less specific
Changing something so it applies to more cases.
వాడుక నమూనా:
generalisation of [something] (to [a wider area/group])
సాధారణ తప్పు:
In this sense, it refers to changing scope, not to making a possibly unfair statement about people.
పర్యాయపదాలు
broadening (Emphasises expanding scope.)
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extension (Often used when expanding a rule or idea to cover more cases.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
specialisation (Making something more narrowly focused or specific.)
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narrowing (Reducing scope or applicability.)
పదకలయికలు
generalisation of a rule
|generalisation of a principle
|generalisation of a policy
|generalisation of findings
|the generalisation of a model
|a further generalisation
|a gradual generalisation
|the need for generalisation
|generalisation to a wider context
|generalisation across contexts
విషయాలు
business
|law
|communication
ఉదాహరణలు
- The generalisation of the rule created confusion in some departments.
- They argued for the generalisation of the pilot scheme to other regions.
- This is a useful generalisation of earlier work, but it loses some detail.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- The change is a generalisation of the old rule.
నామవాచకం
technical
C2
process
5
spreading a language pattern
In language study: when a rule starts to apply more widely.
వాడుక నమూనా:
generalisation of [a pattern/rule] (to [contexts])
పర్యాయపదాలు
regularisation (Focuses on making irregular patterns more regular (a common result of generalisation).)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
restriction (A pattern applying in fewer contexts rather than more.)
పదకలయికలు
rule generalisation
|pattern generalisation
|generalisation of a sound change
|generalisation of an ending
|generalisation across paradigms
|a process of generalisation
|generalisation of a construction
విషయాలు
language
|linguistics
|education
ఉదాహరణలు
- The generalisation of the -ed ending is common in learners’ English.
- The paper traces the generalisation of a sound pattern across dialects.
- Analogy can drive generalisation in verb forms over time.
వ్యాకరణం
నిఘంటు రూపం
generalisation
IPA
GB/d͡ʒˈɛnɚəlɪsˈeɪʃən/
US/d͡ʒˈɛnɚəlɪsˈeɪʃən/
అక్షరఖండాలు & ఒత్తు
gen - er - al - isa - tion (5 అక్షరఖండాలు)
Stress on 1st syllable (gen)
పద రూపాలు
Noun
- Base: generalisation
- Plural: generalisation, generalisations
సంబంధిత పదాలు
Forms
generalisations
noun
Core family
Related words
generalist
noun C1
generalisable
adjective
Negative and opposite forms
specific
adjective B1
specifically
adverb B1
Advanced or less common
generality
noun
overgeneralise
verb
overgeneralisation
noun
పదప్రయోగాలు
as a generalisation
1/ˈæz ə d͡ʒˈɛnɚəlɪsˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
formal
as a rough overall statement
Used to show you are speaking generally, not exactly.
ఉదాహరణలు
- As a generalisation, small companies move faster than large ones.
- As a generalisation, winter is wetter on the west coast.
- As a generalisation, the training helped, but some teams still struggled.
broad generalisation
1/bɹˈɔd d͡ʒˈɛnɚəlɪsˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
general statement lacking detail
A general idea, not the details.
ఉదాహరణలు
- As a broad generalisation, prices have risen over the last decade.
- The introduction offers a broad generalisation before the detailed analysis.
- That may be true in broad generalisation, but there are many exceptions.
hasty generalisation
1/hˈeɪsti d͡ʒˈɛnɚəlɪsˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
formal
conclusion from too little evidence
A wrong general idea from only a few examples.
ఉదాహరణలు
- One bad review isn’t enough to avoid the restaurant; that’s a hasty generalisation.
- The argument relies on hasty generalisation from two cases.
- Researchers warned against hasty generalisations based on early results.
make a generalisation
1/mˈeɪk ə d͡ʒˈɛnɚəlɪsˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
state something in general terms
To say something general about many things or people.
ఉదాహరణలు
- I don’t want to make a generalisation about all managers, but some are difficult.
- It’s risky to make generalisations from one experience.
- The speaker made a generalisation that didn’t fit the facts.
sweeping generalisation
1/swˈipɪŋ d͡ʒˈɛnɚəlɪsˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
very broad, often unfair claim
A statement that is too general and often not true.
ఉదాహరణలు
- It’s a sweeping generalisation to say the whole city is unsafe.
- The article makes sweeping generalisations about single parents.
- Avoid sweeping generalisations when you write academically.