general

general (http://definr.com/general)

     adj 1: applying to all or most members of a category or group; "the
            general public"; "general assistance"; "a general
            rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the
            general reader" [ant: specific]
     2: not specialized or limited to one class of things; "general
        studies"; "general knowledge"
     3: of national scope; "a general election"
     4: prevailing among and common to the general public; "the
        general discontent"
     5: (medicine) affecting the entire body; "a general
        anesthetic"; "general symptoms" [ant: local]
     6: somewhat indefinite; "bearing a general resemblance to the
        original"; "a general description of the merchandise"
     7: of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of
        cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and
        ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley;
        "universal experience" [syn: cosmopolitan, ecumenical,
         oecumenical, universal, worldwide]
     n 1: a general officer of the highest rank [syn: full general]
     2: a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he
        discussed the general but neglected the particular" [ant:
        particular, particular]
     v : command as a general; "We are generaled by an incompetent!"