Betydning av general På norsk

• 0 broad, not specific -- omtrentlig

  • Can you give me a general idea of what the book is about? Kan du gi meg en omtrentlig idé om hva boken dreier seg om?

  • The ball landed in that general area. Ballen landet omtrent der.

  • a general knowledge quiz en spørrelek om allmennkunnskaper

• 1 involving or relating to all or most people or things -- generell

  • a general feeling of worry en utbredt følelse av bekymring

  • a general agreement/consensus en generell avtale/enighet

  • a general dental practice en tannlegeallmennpraksis

• 2 normal or usual -- vanlig

  • His general instinct is to avoid publicity. Vanligvis unngår han oppmerksomhet instinktivt.

  • As a general rule, I don’t give money to political candidates. Som regel gir jeg ikke penger til politiske kandidater.

• 3 usually or most of the time -- i hovedsak

  • In general, the kids are in bed by 9 p.m. Ungene er vanligvis i seng innen klokken ni om kvelden.

  • I just worry about life in general. Jeg er bare bekymret over tilværelsen i sin alminnelighet.

• 4 the highest-rank of officer in the army, air force, or marine corps -- general [ masculine ]

  • a four-star general en firestjerners general

• 5 of, involving etc all, most or very many people, things etc -- alminnelig, generell

  • The general feeling is that he is stupid

  • His general knowledge is good although he is not good at mathematics.

• 6 covering a large number of cases -- alminnelig, hoved-

  • As a general guide, the closer you live to the ocean, the more expensive properties become.

• 7 without details -- generell, helhets-

  • I’ll just give you a general idea of the plan.

• 8 (as part of an official title) chief -- general-, hoved-

  • the Postmaster General.

• 9 in the British army, (a person of) the rank next below field marshal -- general

  • General Williamson.