What is the meaning of general?

noun

• A general officer of the highest rank.
  • synonyms: full general
• The head of a religious order or congregation.
  • synonyms: superior general
• A fact about the whole (as opposed to particular. )
  • usage: "he discussed the general but neglected the particular"

verb

• Command as a general.
  • usage: "We are generaled by an incompetent"

adjective

• Applying to all or most members of a category or group.
  • usage: "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader"
• Not specialized or limited to one class of things.
  • usage: "general studies"; "general knowledge"
• Prevailing among and common to the general public.
  • usage: "the general discontent"
• Affecting the entire body.
  • usage: "a general anesthetic"; "general symptoms"
• Somewhat indefinite.
  • usage: "bearing a general resemblance to the original"; "a general description of the merchandise"
• Of worldwide scope or applicability.
  • usage: "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"
  • synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, universal, worldwide, world-wide