Definition of generalist
:one whose skills, interests, or habits are varied or unspecialized
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Examples of generalist in a Sentence
The staff includes both generalists and specialists.
Recent Examples of generalist from the Web
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The firms include generalists like 23andMe and Ancestry.com and specialty companies like African Ancestry.
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Some are specialists in modern design; others are generalists who research the items and team up to solve the mystery behind the pieces.
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The animals are habitat generalists and inhabit a wide variety of land types ranging from wild to agricultural to urban.
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Fahey's predecessor as director of the research center, the renowned pharmacology professor and experimental generalist Paul Talalay, isolated the compound sulforaphane as a phytochemical (a chemical produced by plants) in the early 1990s.
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Specialists, generalists, alternative medicine practitioners, and more.
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Like the specialists at the Graham Center, the generalists at Jamaica Plain are incrementalists.
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Like the specialists at the Graham Center, the generalists at Jamaica Plain are incrementalists.
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Like the specialists at the Graham Center, the generalists at Jamaica Plain are incrementalists.
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First Known Use of generalist
1606
GENERALIST Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of generalist for English Language Learners
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: a person who knows something about a lot of subjects
Medical Dictionary
generalist
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gen·er·al·ist
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medical Definition of generalist
:an individual whose skills or interests extend to several different medical fields;
especially
:general practitioner
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