General and Mean

General

General adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.

Mean and general are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "General".

Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

General and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "General" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Both words in one sentence

  • Comicbook / Loki In theory, when he says Loki that can mean any iteration of Loki mentioned under Me's a Crowd, or abstracts like the story, archetype, general role or ideal of Loki.
  • Those Wacky Nazis Gruber: I am also the Nazi general who says "You see captain, we are not all barbarians." Schtum: I am Schtum, the Nazi general with a mean streak to my character.
  • The Chinese word for "American" is frequently used to mean all foreigners in general (including south and south-east Asians), and "America" is essentially synonymous with "waiguo".
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