general

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Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

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Definition

  1. noun a general officer of the highest rank
  2. noun the head of a religious order or congregation
  3. noun a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)

Etymology

From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French general, and their source, Latin generālis, from genus (“class, kind”) + -ālis (“-al”).

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