general meaning

In a similar way, “tragedy” originated onstage, as a dramatic form, before acquiring the more general meaning of a devastating or unfortunate situation.

The Pentagon completed its first annual agencywide audit in fiscal 2018, which resulted in a “disclaimer of opinion” from the department’s inspector general — meaning auditors couldn’t provide an opinion on financial statements due to insufficiently reliable financial information.

There are lots of other Easter Eggs in the music video that aren't related to Speak Now but just Swift in general, meaning you have to watch it several times to get a sense of what's going on.

Money from the primary can’t carry over from the general, meaning Bass essentially had to start from scratch on June 8, the day after the primary.

Funds from the primary can’t carry over to the general, meaning Bass had to begin the money game from scratch on June 8.