Generate

/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To bring into being; give rise to..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.
2. (transitive) To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
3. (transitive) To procreate, beget.
4. (transitive, mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid.
5. (intransitive) To appear or occur; be generated.
6. (rare) Generated, not self-existent.

Example Sentences

The discussion generated an uproar.

The Ecclesiastical Commission was generated by Sir Robert Peel and bore the marks of Peel’s personality; bureaucratic, capable and cold.

In the last 20 minutes Athletic began to generate the sort of pressure of which they are capable, but by then it was far too late: the game had begun to slip away from them as early as the seventh minute.

The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.

“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” she said.

Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.

They generated many offspring.

Rotating a circle generates a sphere.

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• generates
• generating
• generated

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