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Hypernyms (Type of)

  1. fact
  2. command
  3. general officer

What Google Knows

Information is an abstract concept that refers to that which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level, information pertains to the interpretation of that which may be sensed, or their abstractions.

Related Definition

  1. general:

    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.


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