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Generalize

To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera.

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Verb group 2

Popularize 84% connected

To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Popularize 84% connected

To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 15

Broadcast 76% connected

A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Circulate 76% connected

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Conclude 76% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Diffuse 76% connected

To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to di…

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Disperse 76% connected

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

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Disseminate 76% connected

To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and err…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Distribute 76% connected

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Propagate 76% connected

To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or she…

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Reason 76% connected

A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered…

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Spread 76% connected

of Spread

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Manner of action 1

Universalize 76% connected

To make universal; to generalize.

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Derivationally related 4

Generalization 74% connected

The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from part…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Generalization 74% connected

The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from part…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Vulgarization 74% connected

The act or process of making vulgar, or common.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Vulgarization 74% connected

The act or process of making vulgar, or common.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Infer 92% connected

To bring on; to induce; to occasion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Popularize 92% connected

To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vulgarize 92% connected

To make vulgar, or common.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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