[ US /ˈdʒɛnɝˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /d‍ʒˈɛnəɹˌe‍ɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. give or supply
    The cow brings in 5 liters of milk
    The estate renders some revenue for the family
    This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn
  2. make (offspring) by reproduction
    Abraham begot Isaac
    John fathered four daughters
  3. bring into existence
    The new manager generated a lot of problems
    The earthquake generated a tsunami
    The computer bug generated chaos in the office
    The computer generated this image
  4. produce (energy)
    The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity
    We can't generate enough power for the entire city
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How To Use generate In A Sentence

  • It also contains a series of waterfalls and cascades to further enhance the beauty of a hole that is certain to generate a lot of comment throughout the week.
  • Second, at the same time, I'm somewhat surprised and mildly appalled that this story hasn't generated a lot of buzz in the blogosphere.
  • A liquor pour cost of 18.3%, for example, means that it cost a little more than 18 cents to generate a dollar of liquor sales.
  • While the Irish government generates a lot of noisy, self-righteous cant about the evils of cigarettes at home, it makes a pretty packet from ‘selling death’ abroad.
  • The timing of the minister's visit, however, could somewhat detract from the goodwill it's supposed to generate.
  • The main component of the Earth's field – which defines the magnetic poles – is a dipole generated by the convection of molten nickel-iron in the outer core the inner core is solid, so its role is secondary; remember that the Earth's core is well above the Curie temperature, so the iron is not ferromagnetic. Does Zonal Swishing Play a Part in Earth's Magnetic Field Reversals? | Universe Today
  • They drifted into the control room and floated above the sensor-generated hologram of the “herd. ” The “herd” consisted of approximately 3,000 mountain-sized blocks of ice that once were comet 2P/Encke. 365 tomorrows » 2006 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
  • This makes is seem inevitable that the scanning device which supposedly generates higher-order experiences of our first-order visual experience would have to be almost as sophisticated and complex as the visual system itself.
  • This book will continue to generate excitement for a long time.
  • There are synthesizers that use frequency modulation and other algorithms to generate extraordinarily rich and complex sounds.
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