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gen·er·ate    Audio Help   [jen-uh-reyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -at·ed, -at·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
2.to create by a vital or natural process.
3.to create and distribute vitally and profusely: He generates ideas that we all should consider. A good diplomat generates good will.
4.to reproduce; procreate.
5.to produce by a chemical process.
6.Mathematics.
a.to trace (a figure) by the motion of a point, straight line, or curve.
b.to act as base for all the elements of a given set: The number 2 generates the set 2, 4, 8, 16.
7.Linguistics. to produce or specify (a grammatical sentence or other construction or set of constructions) by the application of a rule or set of rules in a generative grammar.
–verb (used without object)
8.to reproduce; propagate.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L generātus produced, ptp. of generāre to beget; see genus]

—Synonyms 1. create, evolve, originate, engender, institute.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  generate
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  beget, breed, cause, create, develop, engender, form, induce, initiate, make, originate, procreate, produce, propagate, reproduce, sire, spawn, yield
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  cause
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To be the cause of.
Synonyms:  bring, bring about, bring on, effect, effectuate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir, touch off, trigger
Idioms:  pass, give rise to
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  develop
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To bring (a product or idea, for example) into being.
Synonyms:  produce
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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