English Explanatory Dictionary

generate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To bring into being; give rise to.
  2. To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
  3. To procreate, beget.
  4. To form a figure from a curve or solid.
  5. To appear or occur; be generated.
adj
  1. Generated, not self-existent.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/ /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɚ.eɪt/ en-us-generate.ogg /ˈd͡ʒen(a)reːʈ/ /ˈd͡ʒɛnəreːt/ [ˈdʑɛnəɹɛ(ː)t]

Word forms

generate generates generating generated

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”)).

Synonyms

bring about create engender make produce spawn

Antonyms

abrogate annihilate degenerate extinguish obliterate ungenerate erase ingenerate

Related words

generable general generation generative generic genus

Derived words

autogenerate cogenerate congenerate generatability generatable misgenerate overgenerate pregenerate regenerate self-generating undergenerate
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