Generate

Quick meaning: Generate is a verb meaning (transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

They generated many offspring.

The discussion generated an uproar.

Rotating a circle generates a sphere.

Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.

Word Forms

• generates
• generating
• generated

Synonyms for generate

Depending on context, synonyms include create, engender, make, produce, spawn, yield.

Antonyms for generate

Common opposites include abrogate, annihilate, degenerate, extinguish, obliterate, ungenerate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include get, render, give, return, yield, sire.

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