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обобща́ть — meaning in English

obobshchat

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English meaning

  • generalize verb To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
  • summarize verb To reduce a longer piece of writing or speech down to its essential points.

Senses

обобща́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • generalize To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
  • summarize (ambitransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).
  • summarize (ambitransitive) To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.

generalize — full definition

  1. verb To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
  2. verb To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
  3. verb To spread throughout the body and become systemic.
  4. verb To derive or deduce (a general concept or principle) from particular facts.

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