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OVERGENERALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overgeneralise mean? 

OVERGENERALISE (verb)
  The verb OVERGENERALISE has 1 sense:

1. draw too general a conclusionplay

  Familiarity information: OVERGENERALISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERGENERALISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they overgeneralise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it overgeneralises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: overgeneralised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: overgeneralised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: overgeneralising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Draw too general a conclusion

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

overgeneralise; overgeneralize

Context example:

It is dangerous to overgeneralize

Hypernyms (to "overgeneralise" is one way to...):

extrapolate; generalise; generalize; infer (draw from specific cases for more general cases)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something


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