generate
To bring into being; give rise to.
Verb 4 meanings
To bring into being; give rise to.
“The discussion generated an uproar.”
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.”
Etymology
From Latin generō (“beget, procreate, produce”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from genus (“a kind, race, family”, gener- in compounds) + -ō; see genus. Compare Italian generare, French générer (and its older (and now obsolete) English cognate from Middle French, gender (“engender, breed, copulate”)).
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GENERATE at a glance
GENERATE has 8 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (G 2 + E 1 + N 1 + E 1 + R 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,859 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with generate
All rhymesOne letter away
- GENERALE9
- VENERATE11
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