[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

general \gen"eral\, n. f. g'en'eral. see general., a.
   1913 webster
   1. the whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to
      all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular.
      1913 webster

            in particulars our knowledge begins, and so spreads
            itself by degrees to generals.        --locke.
      1913 webster

   2. mil. one of the chief military officers of a government
      or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not
      less than a brigade. in european armies, the highest
      military rank next below field marshal.
      1913 webster

   note: in the united states the office of general of the army
         has been created by temporary laws, and has been held
         only by generals u. s. grant, w. t. sherman, and p. h.
         sheridan. popularly, the title general is given to
         various general officers, as general, lieutenant
         general, major general, brigadier general, commissary
         general, etc. see brigadier general, lieutenant
         general, major general, in the vocabulary.
         1913 webster

   3. mil. the roll of the drum which calls the troops
      together; as, to beat the general.
      1913 webster

   4. eccl. the chief of an order of monks, or of all the
      houses or congregations under the same rule.
      1913 webster

   5. the public; the people; the vulgar. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

   in general, in the main; for the most part.
      1913 webster
see also:
general brigadier general lieutenant general major general in general 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

audience \au"dience\, n. f. audience, l. audientia, fr. audire
   to hear. see audible, a.
   1. the act of hearing; attention to sounds.
      1913 webster

            thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a
      sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or
      the transaction of business.
      1913 webster

            according to the fair play of the world,
            let me have audience: i am sent to speak. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. an auditory; an assembly of hearers. also applied by
      authors to their readers.
      1913 webster

            fit audience find, though few.        --milton.
      1913 webster

            he drew his audience upward to the sky. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   court of audience, or audience court eng., a court long
      since disused, belonging to the archbishop of canterbury;
      also, one belonging to the archbishop of york. --mozley 
      w.

   in general or open audience, publicly.

   to give audience, to listen; to admit to an interview.
      1913 webster
see also:
audible court of audience audience court in general open audience 
to give audience 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

in general
     adj : considered altogether; "the country at large"; "i enjoyed
           the play as a whole though i thought the acting could
           have been better" syn: as a wholeip, at largeip,
            in generalip
     adv : without distinction of one from others; "he is interested in
           snakes in general" syn: generally, in the main
           ant: specifically
see also:
as a wholeip at largeip in generalip generally in the main specifically 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 moby thesaurus words for "in general":
   all in all, all things considered, altogether, as a rule,
   as a whole, as an approximation, at large, broadly,
   broadly speaking, by and large, chiefly, commonly, generally,
   generally speaking, mainly, mostly, normally, on balance,
   on the whole, ordinarily, overall, predominantly, prevailingly,
   roughly, roughly speaking, routinely, speaking generally,
   usually

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