Definitions for generate
ˈdʒɛn əˌreɪtgen·er·ate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. generate, bring forthverb

   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"

2. render, yield, return, give, generateverb

   give or supply

   "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. generateverb

   produce (energy)

   "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity"

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

   make children

   "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. generateverb

   To bring into being; give rise to.

   The discussion generated an uproar.

2. generateverb

   To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.

   Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.

3. generateverb

   To procreate, beget.

   They generated many offspring.

4. generateverb

   To form a figure from a curve or solid.

   Rotating a circle generates a sphere.

5. generateverb

   To appear or occur; be generated.

6. Etymology: From generatus, perfect passive participle of genero, from genus; see genus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To GENERATEverb

   Etymology: genero, Latin.

   1. To beget; to propagate.

   Those creatures which being wild generate seldom, being tame, generate often. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   2. To cause; to produce.

   God created the great whales, and each
   Soul living, each that crept, which plenteously
   The waters generated by their kinds. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   Or find some other way to generate
   Mankind. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x. l. 894.

   Sounds are generated where there is no air at all. Francis Bacon.

   Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle, must likewise generate milk. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. generate

   In general, "generate" means to produce, create, bring into existence, or cause something to happen. The term can be used in various fields including mathematics, science, engineering, computing, and more, often implying a process or a cause-and-effect relationship.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Generateverb

   to beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species

2. Generateverb

   to cause to be; to bring into life

3. Generateverb

   to originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause

4. Generateverb

   to trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order

5. Etymology: [L. generatus, p. p. of generare to generate, fr. genus. See Genus, Gender.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Generate

   jen′ėr-āt, v.t. to produce: to bring into life: to originate.—adj. Gen′erable, that may be generated or produced.—ns. Gen′erant (math.), a line, point, or figure that produces another figure by its motion; Generā′tion, a producing or originating: a single stage in natural descent: the people of the same age or period: offspring, progeny, race: (pl.) genealogy, history (B.); Generā′tionism, traducianism.—adj. Gen′erātive, having the power of generating or producing.—ns. Gen′erātor, begetter or producer: the principal sound in music; Gen′erātrix (geom.), the point, line, or surface which, by its motion, generates another magnitude.—adjs. Genet′ic, -al, pertaining to genesis or production.—adv. Genet′ically.—ns. Gen′etrix, Gen′itrix, a female parent; Gen′itor, a progenitor; Gen′iture, birth.—Alternation of generations, a complication in the life-history of plants, when the organism produces offspring unlike itself, but giving rise in turn to forms like the original parents; Spontaneous generation, the origination of living from non-living matter: abiogenesis. [L. generāre, -ātum—genus, a kind.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. generate

   To produce something according to an algorithm or program or set of rules, or as a (possibly unintended) side effect of the execution of an algorithm or program. The opposite of parse. This term retains its mechanistic connotations (though often humorously) when used of human behavior. “The guy is rational most of the time, but mention nuclear energy around him and he'll generate infinite flamage.”

CrunchBaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Generate

   Generate is a production and management company that develops entertainment properties for the Millennial audience across multiple media platforms.Generate develops professionally produced content that can move from broadband to television, film, publishing and beyond, and creates ways to integrate the advertising, technology and entertainment communities. Generate’s talent management arm includes a large concentration of talent including actors, comedians, writers, producers and directors. Generate Insight, the company’s market research division, gathers and analyzes data about Millennials.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. generate

   To create.

   The exercise and running did generate bidy heat.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 22, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Produce

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'generate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4535

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'generate' in Verbs Frequency: #373

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Anagrams for generate »

1. green tea

2. teenager

3. teen-ager

How to pronounce generate?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say generate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of generate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of generate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of generate in a Sentence

1. Ali Vaez:

   Iran is quite experienced in living under economic duress ... In the past few years, its non-oil exports have grown significantly and so has their trade with neighboring countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, iran can also smuggle oil and generate some revenue.

2. President Nicolas Maduro:

   We're facing a large-scale crisis that is going to generate a power struggle between two poles: the patriots and the anti-patriots, a conflict which is going to create big tensions ... It's a counter-revolutionary crisis.

3. Thomas Crowther:

   Trees are some of the most prominent and important organisms on the planet, trees provide a wide range of important ecosystem services for humans. They store water and nutrients, stabilize the soil, provide habitats for plants and animals, offset the impacts of climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide and they generate the oxygen that we need to breath.

4. Ruben Segura-Cayuela:

   Deflation fears are overdone and we're seeing some upside surprises now, although risks of persistent low inflation remain, a positive oil shock has a detrimental effect on growth and activity, and could generate some volatility.

5. Marco Attisani:

   Watly purifies water from any source of contamination - chemical, bacteriological, or physical - without the need of filterings, it also generates electricity because it combines also photovoltaic technologies and through photovoltaic technologies we actually generate electricity off the grid that can be used for empowering the machine itself, the electronics inside the machine but as well for recharging external devices - thousands of them, such as portable phones, computers.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=generate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Generate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=generate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/generate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=generate
7. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Generate
8. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/generate
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=generate