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ENGLISH VERB

generalize

to generalize

  • Regular verb
  • Gerund: generalizing
  • Past participle: generalized

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I generalize
  2. you you generalize
  3. he, she, it he generalizes
  4. we we generalize
  5. they they generalize

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I generalized
  2. you you generalized
  3. he, she, it he generalized
  4. we we generalize
  5. they they generalized

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I will generalize
  2. you you will generalize
  3. he, she, it he will generalize
  4. we we will generalize
  5. they they will generalize

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I am generalizing
  2. you you are generalizing
  3. he, she, it he is generalizing
  4. we we are generalizing
  5. they they are generalizing

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I've already generalized
  2. you you've already generalized
  3. he, she, it he's already generalized
  4. we we've already generalized
  5. they they've already generalized

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would generalize
  2. you you would generalize
  3. he, she, it he would generalize
  4. we we would generalize
  5. they they would generalize

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. Generalize!

How to use generalize

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    People generalize too much about big cities.

    People generalize too much about big cities.

  2. Past

    Sorry, I generalized, not all drivers are rude.

    Sorry, I generalized, not every driver is rude.

  3. Future

    Readers will generalize from one bad review.

    Readers will generalize from a bad review.

  4. Present continuous

    You're generalizing again, that was one person.

    You're generalizing again; it was just one person.

  5. Present perfect

    The press has generalized about the whole neighborhood.

    The press generalized about the whole neighborhood.

  6. Conditional

    I wouldn't generalize from two cases.

    I wouldn't generalize from two cases.

  7. Imperative

    Don't generalize, give me a specific example.

    Don't generalize, give me a concrete example.

Good to know

  • "Don't generalize" is what you say to someone who says "todo mundo", "sempre", "nunca".

Where you hear generalize

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

English for Brazilians · Intermediate Level 3

  • People generalize when they don't know each other. People generalize when they don't know each other.
  • I generalized about Americans. I generalized about Americans.
  • In my talk, I won't generalize. In my talk, I won't generalize.
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Intermediate Level 3 · generalized

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