The noun general has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (40) general, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)
2. general, superior general -- (the head of a religious order or congregation)
3. general -- (a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he discussed the general but neglected the particular")
Overview of verb general
The verb general has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) general -- (command as a general; "We are generaled by an incompetent!")
Overview of adj general
The adj general has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (90) general -- (applying to all or most members of a category or group; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader")
2. (3) general -- (not specialized or limited to one class of things; "general studies"; "general knowledge")
3. (1) general -- (of national scope; "a general election")
4. (1) general -- (prevailing among and common to the general public; "the general discontent")
5. general -- (affecting the entire body; "a general anesthetic"; "general symptoms")
6. general -- (somewhat indefinite; "bearing a general resemblance to the original"; "a general description of the merchandise")
7. cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide -- (of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience")