generate

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UK /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/ US /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɚ.eɪt/

verb 5adj 1

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

quickly

automatically, spontaneously

The new software automatically generates reports every morning without any human input needed.

randomly

The computer program randomly generated ten different passwords for us to choose from.

externally, internally

The company's profits come from revenue that is generated internally rather than through partnerships.

locally

VERB + GENERATE

help (to)

The new software helped generate thousands of reports automatically.

be used to

Solar panels are used to generate power for homes and businesses.

be expected to, be likely to

This new advertising campaign is likely to generate more interest from younger customers.

PREP

from

The solar panels on our roof generate electricity from sunlight.

Definitions

verb

To bring into being; give rise to.

The discussion generated an uproar.

The Ecclesiastical Commission was generated by Sir Robert Peel and bore the marks of Peel’s personality; bureaucratic, capable and cold.

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

Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.

To procreate, beget.

They generated many offspring.

To form a figure from a curve or solid.

Rotating a circle generates a sphere.

To appear or occur; be generated.

Mrs. Fennel, seeing the steam begin to generate on the countenances of her guests, crossed over and touched the fiddler's elbow and put her hand on the serpent's mouth.

adj

Generated, not self-existent.

But neither is one time generated in another; for if the preſent be generated in the future, the future muſt be present; and if in the paſt, the paſt. The ſame may be ſaid of other times; therefore one time is not generated in another. Now if time be neither generated in itſelf, nor one time in another, it is not generate at all. But that it is not ingenerate, we ſhewed also. Therefore ſeeing it is neither generate nor ingenerate, it is not at all; for every Beeing muſt either be generate or ingenerate.

It poses the thorny problem of the status of the Logos. Is he generate or ingenerate?.. Justin replies that he is generate—but in a special sense.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — make (offspring) by reproduction

verb — give or supply

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The discussion generated an uproar.

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The Ecclesiastical Commission was generated by Sir Robert Peel and bore the marks of Peel’s personality; bureaucratic, capable and cold.

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In the last 20 minutes Athletic began to generate the sort of pressure of which they are capable, but by then it was far too late: the game had begun to slip away from them as early as the seventh min

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It poses the thorny problem of the status of the Logos. Is he generate or ingenerate?.. Justin replies that he is generate—but in a special sense.

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Nuclear power is used to generate electricity.

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Usage Notes

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