# generate

Pronunciation: US say "JEN-ur-ayt" /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɚ.eɪt/; UK say "JEN-uh-rayt" /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/

## Verb

1. To bring something into being or cause it to happen.
   - Simple: To make something start to exist or happen.
   - _The proposal generated intense debate in the committee._
   - _Small businesses generate much of the country's new employment._
2. To produce something as the result of a chemical or physical process.
   - Simple: To make something like heat or power through a process.
   - _The turbines generate power as water rushes through them._
   - _This reaction generated a surprising amount of heat._
3. To appear or arise; to come into existence.
   - Simple: To come into being or happen on its own.
   - _Tension can generate quickly when expectations clash._
   - _Unexpected errors generated during the overnight processing._
4. To form a geometric figure by moving a curve, line, or solid through space.
   - Simple: To make a shape by moving a line or curve through space.
   - _Rotating a semicircle about its diameter generates a sphere._
   - _These equations generate the surface used in the model._
5. To bring offspring into existence; to beget or procreate.
   - Simple: To produce a child or young animal.
   - _The patriarch generated a large family over many decades._
   - _They believed the union would generate strong and healthy children._

## Adjective

6. Brought into being by another; derived rather than existing of itself. *(rare)*
   - Simple: Made by something else, and not able to exist by itself.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–5** — From Latin generō ("beget, procreate, produce") plus the verb-forming suffix -ate, from genus ("a kind, race, family"). It is related to Italian generare and French générer.
**Meaning 6** — A learned borrowing from Latin generātus, the perfect passive participle of generō ("beget, procreate, produce"), combined with the adjective-forming suffix -ate.

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