generate

Academic Word List, sublist 5.

About 17.76 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To bring into being; give rise to.

   The discussion generated an uproar.

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

   Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.

3. verb To procreate, beget.

   They generated many offspring.

4. verb To form a figure from a curve or solid.

   Rotating a circle generates a sphere.

5. verb To appear or occur; be generated.
6. adjective Generated, not self-existent.

Similar words

bring forth get render give return yield sire father mother beget

Often followed by

a the an new and more electricity enough some

Word family

generated generates generating