W: (n) generalisation [Related to: generalise] (the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances)
W: (n) generalisation [Related to: generalise] ((psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus)
W: (n) extrapolation [Related to: extrapolate] (an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations)
W: (n) inference [Related to: infer] (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)
S: (v) popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise (cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use) "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
S: (v) generalize, generalise (become systemic and spread throughout the body) "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system"