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Dictionary: gen·er·ate   (jĕn'ə-rāt') pronunciation
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
    1. To bring into being; give rise to: generate a discussion.
    2. To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process: generate heat.
  1. To engender (offspring); procreate.
  2. Mathematics. To form (a geometric figure) by describing a curve or surface.
  3. Computer Science. To produce (a program) by instructing a computer to follow given parameters with a skeleton program.
  4. Linguistics. To construct (a sentence, for example), as in generative grammar.

[Latin generāre, generāt-, to produce, from genus, gener-, birth.]


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verb

  1. To bring (a product or idea, for example) into being: develop, produce. See kin.
  2. To be the cause of: bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir1 (up), touch off, trigger. Idioms: bring topasseffect, give rise to. See start/end.

Antonyms: generate
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v

Definition: produce, create
Antonyms: break, destroy


Hacker Slang: generate
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To produce something according to an algorithm or program or set of rules, or as a (possibly unintended) side effect of the execution of an algorithm or program. The opposite of parse. This term retains its mechanistic connotations (though often humorously) when used of human behavior. “The guy is rational most of the time, but mention nuclear energy around him and he'll generate infinite flamage.


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To produce or cause to be.

pronunciation How often misused words generate misleading thoughts. — Herbert Spencer (1820-1903).

Translations: Generate
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - frembringe, producere, udvikle, generere, fremkalde

Nederlands (Dutch)
(doen) ontstaan, opwekken, (zich) voortplanten, genereren

Français (French)
v. tr. - créer, engendrer, susciter, entraîner, (Élec) produire (de l'électricité), (Ling, Math) générer

Deutsch (German)
v. - generieren, erzeugen, hervorrufen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παράγω, δημιουργώ, γεννώ, προκαλώ, επιφέρω

Italiano (Italian)
generare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - gerar (Mat.) (Eletr.), causar

Русский (Russian)
генерировать, порождать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - generar, engendrar, producir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utveckla, skapa

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
产生, 导致, 发生

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 產生, 導致, 發生

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 낳다, 초래하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 生ずる, 起こす, 生む, きたす, 生成する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يولد, ينتج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮יצר, הוליד, ייצר‬


 
 

 

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