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Antonyms for generate
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : jen-uh-reyt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt |
Definition of generate
Origin :- c.1500, "to beget" (offspring), a back-formation from generation or else from Latin generatus, past participle of generare "to beget, produce" (see generation); originally "to beget;" in reference to natural forces, conditions, substances, etc., attested from 1560s. Related: Generated; generating.
- verb produce, create
- Nothing had yet occurred to generate in me any fear before the face of man.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- When we give in or conform to this seduction we generate Sin.
- Extract from : « The Romance of the Soul » by Lilian Staveley
- Arthritis and gout have been known to generate criminality in the descendants.
- Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
- They are built on planets and generate tremendous amounts of power.
- Extract from : « The Repairman » by Harry Harrison
- Just what kind of turns with what around what did you make to generate a psi force?
- Extract from : « Sense from Thought Divide » by Mark Irvin Clifton
- What power source do you use—how do you generate your power?
- Extract from : « Invaders from the Infinite » by John Wood Campbell
- The teacher must not only present ideas; he must generate power.
- Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
- What intense activity it must generate in the Aether near its surface!
- Extract from : « Aether and Gravitation » by William George Hooper
- But what about a boiler, sir, in which to generate the steam?
- Extract from : « Dick Leslie's Luck » by Harry Collingwood
- It's just as easy to write the statements to generate the rest of the report!
- Extract from : « IBM 1401 Programming Systems » by Anonymous
Synonyms for generate
- accomplish
- achieve
- bear
- beget
- breed
- bring about
- bring to pass
- cause
- develop
- effect
- engender
- form
- found
- get up
- give birth to
- give rise to
- hatch
- inaugurate
- induce
- initiate
- institute
- introduce
- make
- multiply
- muster
- occasion
- originate
- parent
- perform
- procreate
- propagate
- provoke
- reproduce
- set up
- spawn
- whip up
- work up
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