generate
Verb
Verb Forms: generated, generating, generates
- To produce or bring into existence; to create.
- bring into existence
- "The new manager generated a lot of problems"
- "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"
- "The computer generated this image"
- "The earthquake generated a tsunami"
- give or supply
- produce (energy)
- "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"
- "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity"
- make children
- To bring into being; give rise to.
- To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
- To procreate, beget.
- To form a figure from a curve or solid.
- To appear or occur; be generated.
Adj
- generated, begotten
Examples
- Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.
- His single ’Q’ tile managed to GENERATE a remarkable 100-point word on the board.
- Rotating a circle generates a sphere.
- The discussion generated an uproar.
- They generated many offspring.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin generō (“beget, procreate, produce”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from genus (“a kind, race, family”, gener- in compounds) + -ō; see genus. Compare Italian generare, French générer (and its older (and now obsolete) English cognate from Middle French, gender (“engender, breed, copulate”)).
Synonyms
beget, bring forth, engender, father, get, give, mother, render, return, sire, yield, bring about, create, make, produce, spawn
Antonyms
abrogate, annihilate, degenerate, erase, extinguish, obliterate, ungenerate
Scrabble Score: 9
generate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgenerate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
generate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary