generalise
verb
generalise is a verb meaning “Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L-I-S-E, and it appears about once in every 6 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does generalise mean?
verb
- 1
UKNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of generalise
- generalises present, singular, he/she/it
- generalising participle, present
- generalised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is generalise?
Generalise appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 72,332nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does generalise come from?
From general + -ise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).