Wondering how to use General in a sentence? Below are 20 example sentences from real English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as universal or comprehensive.

Common word

General in a sentence

General | Generally | Generals | Generalized | Generalization | Generalizations | Generalize | Generality | Generalised

General meaning

  1. Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.
  2. 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.
  3. Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.

Synonyms of General

universal comprehensive imprecise specific widespread pandemic overall miscellaneous gross generic all-purpose general-purpose unspecific broad indiscriminate

Example sentences (20)

Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Dr Fahey received her OAM in the General Division as part of the Governor-General's Australia Day 2023 Honours List.

On Tory inaction, it was approved at three general elections by the general voting public, the enablers of it all.

It was General Oladipo Diya, who was Chief of General Staff, who remembered me after the creation of Ekiti State.

So reading in general, we did see the percentage of people reading books in general decline a little bit.

The application fee for general category is Rs 1700, whereas Rs 1600 is applicable to general-EWS/OBC-NCL category candidates.

Rebekah Drame, Acting Consul General, U.S. Consulate General Hyderabad will inaugurate University Fair.

The new Commissioner General has replaced Major General Akol Ayii Madut, who was dismissed from the position back in August 2022.

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According to the complaint, other messages targeted US Attorney General Merrick Garland and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

In the 2019 general election, we beat him as President Buhari’s super Minister and Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign.

The recommendation is that counties maintain 25 to 33 percent of the general fund expenditures in the general fund balance, she said.

If one of the other two general election candidates wins on Tuesday, Bridgeport would hold a new Democratic primary and then a new general election.

She served on the General Council of the Sisters of St. Francis for eight years and was the general secretary and canonical treasurer for four years.

Tanzania’s Hon. Hawa Mchafu will deputize the Secretary General, and Eswatini’s Hon. Laureen Nxumalo will serve as the Treasurer General in the caucus.

A new director general will start here, that director general needs to, from day one, make it very clear that the changes that are required will happen.

An EGM is also called a special general meeting or emergency general meeting.

On November 26, the forenoon session will host the General English examination, while the General Knowledge examination will be held in the afternoon session.

Modern offices have been planned for this building for top ranking officers like Lt. General, Major General, Brigadier, Colonel, Lt. Colonel, Major, among others.

Brigadier General HD Bobbo from National Defence College to Headquarters 31 Brigade; Brigadier General MT Aminu from Army War College Nigeria to Headquarters 35 Brigade.

But if all of that doesn’t stop the problem, and if a state attorney general is not willing to act and fulfill the attorney general’s responsibility, we will sue people.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "general" in a sentence?
An example: "Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and FBI Director Christopher Wray." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "general" from real English texts.
What does "general" mean?
General means: Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.
What are synonyms of "general"?
Common synonyms of "general" include: universal, comprehensive, imprecise, specific, widespread, pandemic, overall, miscellaneous. Plus 7 more synonyms.
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