Definitions for generate

generate gen·er·ate

Spelling: [jen-uh-reyt]
IPA: /ˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt/

Generate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 196 anagrams from letters in generate (aeeegnrt).

Definitions for generate

verb (used with object)

  1. to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
  2. to create by a vital or natural process.
  3. to create and distribute vitally and profusely:
  4. to reproduce; procreate.
  5. to produce by a chemical process.
  6. Mathematics. to trace (a figure) by the motion of a point, straight line, or curve. to act as base for all the elements of a given set:
  7. Linguistics. to produce or specify (a grammatical sentence or other construction or set of constructions) by the application of a rule or set of rules in a generative grammar.

verb (used without object)

  1. to reproduce; propagate.

Origin of generate

1350-1400; Middle English Latin generātus produced, past participle of generāre to beget; see genus

Examples for generate

The whole purpose of the gang is to generate money for its incarcerated leaders.

They are built on planets and generate tremendous amounts of power.

I wanted to prove to my father that I could generate some income.

For the Brogpas, transforming into a tourist attraction may offer their community a way to generate much-needed income.

But there are also many reasons for having abortions that generate far more judgment and stigma.

When we give in or conform to this seduction we generate Sin.

Arthritis and gout have been known to generate criminality in the descendants.

The constant streams of evaluative data that teachers must generate present a similar irony.

Nothing had yet occurred to generate in me any fear before the face of man.

Just what kind of turns with what around what did you make to generate a psi force?

Word Value for generate
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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