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It means to generalize something. As in if you are to phrase a sentence vaguely, you would be generalizing the subject at hand. If one was to say meal time is the best time, that would be general because there are three meals in a day.

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'Generic' is a kind of opposite of 'branded'. For example 'Sellotape' and 'Scotch Tape' are brand names for an everyday item but the generic term is 'sticky tape'.

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