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Generate

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Verb

1. bring forth, generate

bring into existence

Example Sentences:
'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'

2. generate, give, render, return, yield

give or supply

Example Sentences:
'The cow brings in 5 liters of milk'
'This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn'
'The estate renders some revenue for the family'

3. generate

produce (energy)

Example Sentences:
'We can't generate enough power for the entire city'
'The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity'

4. beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire

make children

Example Sentences:
'Abraham begot Isaac'
'Men often father children but don't recognize them'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Generate

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verb (mainly tr)
1. 
to produce or bring into being; create
2. (also intr)
to produce (electricity), esp in a power station
3. 
to produce (a substance) by a chemical process
4. mathematics, linguistics
to provide a precise criterion or specification for membership in (a set)
these rules will generate all the noun phrases in English
5. geometry
to trace or form by moving a point, line, or plane in a specific way
circular motion of a line generates a cylinder

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Generate

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈgenerˌated or ˈgenerˌating
1. 
to produce (offspring); beget; procreate
2. 
to bring into being; cause to be
to generate hope
3. 
a. 
to originate or produce by a physical, chemical, mechanical, electronic, or mathematical process
to generate electricity, software that generates graphs
b. 
to produce in great quantities
an office that generates a lot of paperwork
4.  Geometry
to trace out or form ( a curve, plane, or figure) by the motion of a point, line, or plane

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Generate

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tr.v. gen·er·at·ed, gen·er·at·ing, gen·er·ates
1.
a. To bring into being; give rise to: generate a discussion.
b. To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process: generate heat.
2. To engender (offspring); procreate.
3. Mathematics To form (a geometric figure) by describing a curve or surface.
4. Computers To produce (a program) by instructing a computer to follow given parameters with a skeleton program.
5. Linguistics In generative grammar, to construct (a sentence, for example) through the successive application of linguistic operations, rules, and conditions.

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