generate

generate

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English

Etymology

From Latin generātus, perfect passive participle of generō (beget, procreate, produce), from genus (a kind, race, family); see genus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɚ.eɪt/

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

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

Antonyms

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

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

  • regenerate

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

  • “generate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “generate”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • green tea, renegate, teen-ager, teenager

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

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