generate

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English

Etymology 1

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”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɚ.eɪt/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒen(a)reːʈ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnəreːt/
  • (Ottawa Valley) IPA^(key): [ˈdʑɛnəɹɛ(ː)t]

Verb

generate (third-person singular simple present generates, present participle generating, simple past and past participle generated)

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.

Synonyms

• (bring into being): bring about, create, engender, make, produce, spawn

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “bring into being”): abrogate, annihilate, degenerate, extinguish, obliterate, ungenerate
• (antonym(s) of “produce as a result of a chemical or physical process”): erase

Coordinate terms

• (bring into being): augment, foster, extend, grow

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin generātus, perfect passive participle of generō (“beget, procreate, produce”). See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

Adjective

generate (not comparable)

2. (rare) generated, begotten

Further reading

• “generate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “generate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• teenager, Green Tea, green tea, renegate, Tea Green, teen-ager

Italian

Verb

generate

1. inflection of generare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative
   3. feminine plural past participle

Anagrams

• argentee, reagente

Latin

Participle

generāte

1. vocative masculine singular of generātus

Spanish

Verb

generate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of generar combined with te