On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with General. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as universal or comprehensive and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
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General meaning
- Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.
- Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent.
- Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
Synonyms of General
Using General
- The main meaning on this page is: Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal. | Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent. | Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
- Useful related words include: universal, comprehensive, imprecise, specific.
- In the example corpus, general often appears in combinations such as: general of, the general, attorney general.
Example sentences (20)
During the War Between the States, four Union general officers were Jewish: Brigadier General Frederick Salomon, Brevet Brigadier General Leopold Blumenberg, Brevet Brigadier General Frederick Knefler, and Brevet Brigadier General Edward S. Salomon.
Others commissioned were Director General of the General Services Agency, Mr. Galakpai W. Kortimai, Director General of the Civil Service Agency, Mr. Josiah F. Joekai, Jr., Director General of the Cabinet, Mr. Nathaniel Kwabo, Brigadier General.
The LNA was represented by the Head of the LNA Command Apparatus, General Aoun Al Farjani; LNA Secretary General, General Abd Al Karim Hadiya; and Office Director for the LNA General Commander, General Kheiri Al Tamimi.
The video also will feature apostle M. Russell Ballard, Relief Society General President Jean B. Bingham, Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon, Young Men General President Stephen W. Owen and Primary General President Joy D. Jones.
By 1984, General Dynamics had four divisions: Convair in San Diego, General Dynamics-Fort Worth, General Dynamics-Pomona, and General Dynamics-Electronics.
Promotion to major through major general is through a formal selection board process, while promotions to lieutenant general and general are contingent upon nomination to specific general officer positions and subject to U.S. Senate approval.
Major General Jassim Mohammed Al Marzouqi, Commander-in-Chief of Civil Defence, and Brigadier General Abdullah Saif Al Matroushi, Director General of Police Operations at Ajman Police oversaw the operation at the site.
The acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the posting and deployment of newly promoted Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) and Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to various departments.
The Director General, Brigadier General Yushau Dogara Ahmed, made the disclosure at a press conference on the scheme’s preparedness for the forthcoming general elections in Abuja on Wednesday.
They include Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Santino Deng Wol, his Deputy Gen. Gabriel Lam Duop, Inspector General of Police Gen. Majak Akech Malok, Director General of the General Intelligence Bureau Lt. Gen. Simon Yien Makuac.
Similarly to the attorney-general, the DPP, and both deputies, the government also drafted a bill to stipulate maximum term lengths for the auditor-general, the deputy-auditor general, and the three other audit board members.
South Carolina attorney general to U.S. Senate leadership this week expressing his strong support for the confirmation of former Florida attorney general as the nation’s next attorney general.
The Governor of Rivers State, Attorney-General of Rivers State, Commissioner of Finance, Accountant-General of Rivers, Rivers State Civil Service Commission, Inspector-General of Police, and Edison Ehie were also listed as defendants.
Among the plaintiffs are Gen. (res.) Gershon HaCohen, Brigadier General (res.) Amir Avivi, Police Brigadier General (Retired) Dubi Younger, Police Brigadier General (Retired) Avi Terrer, and Lieutenant Colonel (res.) Michael Yigal Maimon.
At Mechanised Brigade, Brigadier-General Gwekwerere — who headed the Mechanised Brigade during Operation Restore Legacy — was in June last year reassigned to the post of brigadier-general in charge of general staff at Army Headquarters.
He has held several crucial positions, including the posts of Director General of Military Intelligence, Director General of Military Operations, and Director General of Operational Logistics and Strategic Movement.
He said I may argue, because I am a General, so those calling him General, it's nothing new, because he is a General.
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Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Benjamin Madrigal dons the rank of Lieutenant General to Central Command chief Noel Clement at the AFP General Headquarters, Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Jan.
Crossfire Hurricane also turns it guns on Jeff Sessions, the former attorney general; Rod Rosenstein, the former deputy attorney general; William Barr, the current attorney general; and Sarah Sanders, Trump’s former spokeswoman.
Common combinations with general
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- general of 44×
- the general 40×
- attorney general 39×
- director general 28×
- inspector general 16×
- brigadier general 15×
- general and 15×
- general manager 13×
- of general 12×
- general election 12×