GENERATE

beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth

(verb) make (offspring) by reproduction; “Abraham begot Isaac”; “John fathered four daughters”

generate, bring forth

(verb) bring into existence; “The new manager generated a lot of problems”; “The computer bug generated chaos in the office”; “The computer generated this image”; “The earthquake generated a tsunami”

generate

(verb) produce (energy); “We can’t generate enough power for the entire city”; “The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity”

render, yield, return, give, generate

(verb) give or supply; “The cow brings in 5 liters of milk”; “This year’s crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn”; “The estate renders some revenue for the family”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

generate (third-person singular simple present generates, present participle generating, simple past and past participle generated)

(transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.

(transitive) To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.

(transitive) To procreate, beget.

(transitive, mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid.

(intransitive) To appear or occur; be generated.

Synonyms

• (to bring into being): create, spawn

Antonyms

• (to bring into being): annihilate, degenerate, extinguish

• (to produce as a result of a chemical or physical process): erase

Anagrams

• green tea, renegate, teen-ager, teenager

Source: Wiktionary


Gen"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Generated; p. pr. & vb. n. Generating.] Etym: [L. generatus, p. p. of generare to generate, fr. genus. See Genus, Gender.]

1. To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.

2. To cause to be; to bring into life. Milton.

3. To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause. Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle must likewise generate milk. Arbuthnot.

4. (Math.)

Definition: To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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