| VERB | communication | overgeneralize, overgeneralise | draw too general a conclusion |
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| Meaning | Draw too general a conclusion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "It is dangerous to overgeneralize" | |
| Synonym | overgeneralise | |
| Broader | generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer | Draw from specific cases for more general cases |
| Spanish | sobregeneralizar | |
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