General vs Form - What's the difference?
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Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to (specific) or (particular).
* c. 1495 , (John Skelton), "Vppon a deedman's hed":
* 1842 , Douglas Jerrold, "Mr Peppersorn ‘At Home’", Cakes and Ale :
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.27:
* 2006 , Ruth Sutherland, "Invite public to the private equity party", The Observer , 15 Oct 06:
Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent.
* 1865 , Edward Cust, Lives of the Warriors of the Thirty Years War , p. 527:
* 2002 , James Turner, Libertines and Radicals in Early Modern London , p. 122:
Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , IX:
* 2008 , John Patterson, "Home movies", The Guardian , 20 Dec 08:
Not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category.
* 1924 , Time , 17 Mar 1924:
* 2009 , Douglas P Zipes, Saturday Evening Post , vol. 281:1, p. 20:
Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , X:
* 2006 , Kevin Nance, "Ghosts of the White City", Chicago Sun-Times , 16 Jul 06:
* 2008 , Robert P Maloney, "The Quiet Carpenter", America , vol. 199:19, p. 18:
Not limited to a specific class; miscellaneous, concerned with all branches of a given subject or area.
* 1941 , (W Somerset Maugham), Up at the Villa , Vintage 2004, p. 24:
* 1947 , "Russian Catechism", Time , 20 Oct 1947:
* 2007 , Alan Cheuse, "A Little Death", Southern Review , vol. 43:3, p. 692:
:We have dealt with the generals ; now let us turn to the particulars.
(military ranks) A senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces.
A great strategist or tactician.
*1918 , (Rebecca West), The Return of the Soldier , Virago 2014, p. 16:
*:She flung at us as we sat down, ‘My general is sister to your second housemaid.’
A general anaesthetic; general anaesthesia.
To lead (soldiers) as a general
To do with shape.
# The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
#* 1699 , ,
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# Characteristics not involving atomic components. (rfex)
# (label) A long bench with no back.
#* 1981 , (w), (The Book of Ebenezer Le Page) , New York 2007, p. 10:
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# (label) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
# (label) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
(label) To do with structure or procedure.
# An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
# Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
# Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
# Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
# (label) A class or rank in society.
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# (label) A criminal record; loosely, past history (in a given area).
#* 2011 , Jane Martinson, The Guardian , 4 May:
# (label) Level.
## A class or year of students (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the year, as in (sixth form)).
##* 1928 , George Bickerstaff, The mayor, and other folk
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## (label) Grade (level of pre-collegiate education).
A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
(label) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
The den or home of a hare.
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*, I.iii.1.2:
* 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), , Faber & Faber 1992, p.275:
A window or dialogue box.
* 1998 , Gary Cornell, Visual Basic 6 from the ground up (p.426)
* Neil Smyth, C# Essentials
(label) An infraspecific rank.
The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
(label) A quantic.
(lb) To give shape or visible structure to (a thing or person).
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, title= (lb) To take shape.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
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(lb) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
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*(Edmund Burke) (1729-1797)
*:the diplomatic politicianswho formed by far the majority
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*:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.
*1948 May, Stanley Pashko, “The Biggest Family”, in (w, Boys' Life) , Volume 38, Number 5, Boy Scouts of America, ISSN 0006-8608,
*:Insects form the biggest family group in nature's kingdom, and also the oldest.
To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
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*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:'Tis education forms the common mind.
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:Thus formed for speed, he challenges the wind.
To provide (a hare) with a form.
*(Michael Drayton) (1563-1631)
*:The melancholy hare is formed in brakes and briers.
As nouns the difference between general and form
is that general is general while form is shape.general
English
Alternative forms
* generall (chiefly archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- It is generall / To be mortall: / I haue well espyde / No man may hym hyde / From Deth holow eyed [...].
- "Among us!" was the general shout, and Peppersorn sat frozen to his chair.
- Undoubtedly the age of the Antonines was much better than any later age until the Renaissance, from the point of view of the general happiness.
- One advantage of having profitable companies in Britain is that they pay large sums in corporate tax into the Exchequer, which in theory at least is used for the general good.
- For these successes he obtained the rank of Field-Marshal General .
- He becomes the chief chartered libertine, the whoremaster-general flourishing his "standard" over a female army [...].
- ‘I can't quite afford you the sympathy you expect upon this score,’ I replied; ‘the misfortune is so general , that it belongs to one half of the species [...].’
- The general opinion on Baz Luhrmann's overstuffed epic Australia seems to be that it throws in everything but the kitchen sink, and then tosses that in too, just to be sure.
- M. Venizelos went to Athens from Paris early last January in response to a general invitation from the Greek populace.
- Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a general term indicating a rapid heartbeat (tachycardia) coming from the top chambers of the heart - in essence, above (supra) the lower chamber (ventricular).
- As she thus spoke, the entrance of the servants with dinner cut off all conversation but that of a general nature.
- The quick answer is that the 1893 Exposition was simply so important -- "the greatest event in the history of the country since the Civil War," as Harper's put it that October -- but that feels too general .
- Given the scarcity of relevant historical detail in the New Testament, we are left with only a general outline about Joseph.
- There was a moment's pause. The Princess broke in with some casual remark and once more the conversation became general .
- Already in the primary school work is conducted for the purpose of equipping the pupils with those elements of general knowledge which are closely related to the military preparation of future warriors.
- His measured, springless walk was the walk of the skilled countryman as distinct from the desultory shamble of the general labourer [...].
Antonyms
* particular * specificDerived terms
* agent general * brigadier general * colonel general * generality * generally * generalisation, generalization * generalise, generalize * general anaesthetic * general knowledge * in general * lieutenant general * major generalNoun
(en noun)- Hannibal was one of the greatest generals of the ancient world.
Usage notes
When used as a title, it is always capitalized. : Example: General John Doe. The rank corresponds to pay grade O-10. Abbreviations: GEN.See also
* hetmanVerb
Statistics
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* 1000 English basic words ----form
English
Alternative forms
* forme (rare or archaic)Noun
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- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
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- I can see the old schoolroom yet: the broken-down desks and the worn-out forms with knots in that got stuck into your backside.
- The prefect grabbed me by the shoulders and steered me down a passageway, and down another and finally through a door that led into a long, low dining-room crowded with loudly breakfasting boys sitting on long, shiny oak forms , as benches used to be called.
- Those whom form of laws / Condemned to die.
- Though well we may not pass upon his life / Without the form of justice.
- ladies of a high form
- It's fair to say she has form on this: she has criticised David Cameron's proposal to create all-women shortlists for prospective MPs, tried to ban women wearing high heels at work as the resulting pain made them take time off work, and tried to reduce the point at which an abortion can take place from 24 to 21 weeks.
- One other day after afternoon school, Mr. Percival came behind me and put his hand on me. "Let me see, what's your name? Which form are you in?"
- From the sixth form will come the scholars and the administrators.
- Being one day a hunting, I found a Hare sitting in her forme .
- The Egyptians therefore in their hieroglyphics expressed a melancholy man by a hare sitting in her form , as being a most timorous and solitary creature.
- Hares left their snug ‘forms ’ in the cold grass.
- While it is quite amazing how much one can do with Visual Basic with the code attached to a single form .
- Throughout this chapter we will work with a form in a new project.
Synonyms
* (shape) ** figure, used when discussing people, not animals ** shape, used on animals and on persons * (blank document) formular * (pre-collegiate level) grade * (biology)Derived terms
* form class * form factor * form feed * form genera * form genus * form letter * form taxon * in form * longform * mid-season form * return to form * shortform * subform * typeformVerb
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