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generate
[ jen-uh-reyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- to create by a vital or natural process.
- to create and distribute vitally and profusely:
He generates ideas that we all should consider.
A good diplomat generates good will.
- to reproduce; procreate.
- to produce by a chemical process.
- Mathematics.
- to trace (a figure) by the motion of a point, straight line, or curve.
- to act as base for all the elements of a given set:
The number 2 generates the set 2, 4, 8, 16.
- Linguistics. to produce or specify (a grammatical sentence or other construction or set of constructions) by the application of a rule or set of rules in a generative grammar.
verb (used without object)
- to reproduce; propagate.
generate
/ ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt /
verb
- to produce or bring into being; create
- also intr to produce (electricity), esp in a power station
- to produce (a substance) by a chemical process
- maths linguistics to provide a precise criterion or specification for membership in (a set)
these rules will generate all the noun phrases in English
- geometry to trace or form by moving a point, line, or plane in a specific way
circular motion of a line generates a cylinder
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Other Words From
- inter·gener·ating adjective
- non·gener·ating adjective
- pre·gener·ate verb (used with object) pregenerated pregenerating
- un·gener·ated adjective
- un·gener·ating adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Origin of generate1
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Example Sentences
For the Brogpas, transforming into a tourist attraction may offer their community a way to generate much-needed income.
The money that drugs generate is their way to achieve the American Dream in a sort of twisted Scarface-type of fashion.
The whole purpose of the gang is to generate money for its incarcerated leaders.
But trying to generate buzz for her single through appropriating Nazi propaganda imagery is not one of them.
“I knew it was going to get at least 250,000 views and that that would generate me $18 of ad income [on YouTube],” says Conte.
The keynote is the oath which, in all ages and in all languages, passion seems to generate with but very little assistance.
Haste had driven the blood to her face, and the cool spring air seemed to generate in her the heat of summer.
There are many things which generate belief besides evidence.
Just what kind of turns with what around what did you make to generate a psi force?
A spirit possessed of any conscious individuality whatever must generate a certain interior force to maintain it.
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