adj Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to specific or particular.
adj (sometimes postpositive) 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.
adj Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
adj Not limited in use or application; applicable across a broad range.
adj Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
adj Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
n (military) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces.
n A great strategist or tactician.
n (now rare) A general fact or proposition; a generality.
n (Christianity) The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits.
n (nautical) A commander of naval forces; an admiral.
n (colloquial, now historical) A general servant; a maid with no specific duties.
n (countable) A general anesthetic.
n (uncountable) General anesthesia.
n (uncountable, insurance) The general insurance industry.
n (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace.
v To lead (soldiers) as a general.
adv (obsolete) In a general or collective manner or sense; in most cases; upon the whole.
n (military) The military officer title.
n (informal, medicine) Short for General Hospital or X''' General Hospital (where X is a stand-in for another part of the name), a common hospital name.