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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To bring into being; give rise to: generate a discussion.
  • v. To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process: generate heat.
  • v. To engender (offspring); procreate.
  • v. Mathematics To form (a geometric figure) by describing a curve or surface.
  • v. Computer Science To produce (a program) by instructing a computer to follow given parameters with a skeleton program.
  • v. Linguistics To construct (a sentence, for example), as in generative grammar.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To bring into being; give rise to.
  • v. To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
  • v. To procreate, beget.
  • v. To form a figure from a curve or solid.
  • v. To appear or occur; be generated.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender.
  • v. To cause to be; to bring into life.
  • v. To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause.
  • v. To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To beget; procreate; engender by sexual union.
  • To produce; cause to be; bring into life.
  • To cause; form; give origin to.
  • In mathematics, to give rise to, as to a geometrical figure; especially, to move so that the locus of the motion shall constitute (the figure specified): thus, a right line moving with one point fixed generates a conical surface.
  • To produce; evolve; as electricity, force, friction, gas, heat, light, velocity, etc.
  • In music, of a tone fundamental to a chord, to suggest or fix (the remaining tones of the harmony).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. give or supply
  • v. make children
  • v. produce (energy)
  • v. bring into existence
  • Antonym
    die   
    Verb Form
    generated    generates    generating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    create    make    produce   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beget    procreate    propagate    engender    produce    cause    breed    reproduce    grow    conceive   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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