Meaning of generate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To bring into being; give rise to.
   transitive
2. to cause or produce. This machine generates electricity; His suggestions generated a lot of ill-feeling. genereer يُولِّد، يُنْتِج произвеждам gerar vyrábět; způsobit erzeugen producere; skabe; generere παράγω, προκαλώgenerar, producir, causar, suscitar tekitama تولید کردن؛ ایجاد کردن luoda produire, susciter ליצור सृजन करना uzrokovati, potaknuti előállít menghasilkan framleiða, leiða af sér generare 発生させる 발생시키다 gaminti, sukelti radīt; izraisīt; ražot menjana producerenprodusere, frambringe, ...
3. To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
   transitive
4. the difference in views and the lack of understanding between younger and older people. generasie gaping فَرْق الأجْيال пропаст между поколенията choque de gerações generační rozdíl/propast der Generationskonflikt generationskløft το χάσμα των γενεών brecha entre generaciones, conflicto generacional põlvkondadevaheline lõhe, põlvkondade erinevus اختلاف نسل ها sukupolvien välinen kuilu conflit de générations פער דורות पीढ़ी का अंतर generacijski jaz generációs különbség kesenjangan antargeneras...
5. To procreate, beget.
   transitive
6. a machine which produces electricity, gas etc. The hospital has an emergency generator. kragopwekker مُوَلِّد генератор gerador generátor der Generator generator γεννήτριαgenerador generaator ژنراتور generaattori génératriceגנרטור जनक, उत्पादक generator generátor pembangkit tenaga listrik rafall generatore 発電機 발전기 generatorius ģenerators penjana generatordynamo, generatorgenerator زيږوونكى، توليدوونكى: جنريټر gerador generator генератор generátor generator agregat generator เครื่องกำเนิดไฟฟ้า...
   etc
7. To form a figure from a curve or solid.
   transitive
8. To bring into being; give rise to: generate a discussion.
9. To appear or occur; be generated.
   intransitive
10. To engender (offspring); procreate.
11. Mathematics To form (a geometric figure) by describing a curve or surface.
    Mathematics
12. Computers To produce (a program) by instructing a computer to follow given parameters with a skeleton program.
    Computers
13. Linguistics In generative grammar, to construct (a sentence, for example) through the successive application of linguistic operations, rules, and conditions.
    Linguistics
14. to produce or bring into being; create
15. (Electrical Engineering) (also intr) to produce (electricity), esp in a power station
    also intr

Equivalents

Examples

“The discussion generated an uproar.”

“The Ecclesiastical Commission was generated by Sir Robert Peel and bore the marks of Peel’s personality; bureaucratic, capable and cold.”

“In the last 20 minutes Athletic began to generate the sort of pressure of which they are capable, but by then it was far too late: the game had begun to slip away from them as early as the seventh minute.”

“The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.”

“Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.”

“They generated many offspring.”

“Rotating a circle generates a sphere.”

“Mrs. Fennel, seeing the steam begin to generate on the countenances of her guests, crossed over and touched the fiddler's elbow and put her hand on the serpent's mouth.”

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