in? The British pronunciation of general is [? n 'd? en? r? l]； American pronunciation is [? n 'd? en? r? l]。
As an adjective, it means generally; Generally speaking; Usually.
General entered English around 1300, which directly originated from the Latin word generics, meaning that it concerns all people.
As an adjective, the meaning is universal; Comprehensive; General; Roughly; General; Regular; Overall; Chief. As a noun, it means general; Just so-so.
Related examples:
1、In general,physics is only one science among many.
Generally speaking, physics is just one of many subjects.
2、In general, I agree to what you said.
I generally agree with what you said.
Extended data:
First, the usage of words
(adjective)
1, the basic meaning of general is "universal and comprehensive; Overall, the whole ",the word focuses on everyone or most places. Extension can mean "non-specialized, general" and "normal, conventional; The usual ""general, general ".
2. general can also mean "general, chief", which is only used as an attribute and often used with the definite article The, with the first letter usually capitalized.
3. general can be used as an attribute, predicative or object complement in a sentence.
(noun) 1, general as a noun means "general", especially "general in the army" in Britain, which is a countable noun.
2、in? General means "in general" and can be used as an attribute after plural nouns or as an adverbial to modify the whole sentence.
Second, the word meaning discrimination
(adjective)
general, common, normal, ordinary
These four words all have the meaning of "common" and "common". The difference is:
1, common emphasizes that it is not surprising that many things have some * * * similarities.
2. general means that it is common in most people or things and has the meaning of "few exceptions".
3. normal describes that people or things "conform to the normal or routine".
4, ordinal refers to the same nature standard as general things, emphasizing "ordinary" without strangeness.