generate

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɚ.eɪt/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb bring into existence
  2. verb give or supply
  3. verb produce (energy)

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”)).

In classic literature

Synonyms

bring forth

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
make
Narrower (hyponyms)
develop, come up, release, induce

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