(~s, generalizing, ~d)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'generalise'
1.
If you ~, you say something that seems to be true in most situations or for most people, but that may not be completely true in all cases.
‘In my day, children were a lot better behaved’.—‘It’s not true, you’re generalizing’...
It’s hard to ~ about Cole Porter because he wrote so many great songs that were so varied.
VERB: V, V prep
2.
If you ~ something such as an idea, you apply it more widely than its original context, as if it was true in many other situations.
A child first labels the household pet cat as a ‘cat’ and then generalises this label to other animals that look like it.
VERB: V n across/to n