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Generate ˈdʒenəreɪt Generated Produce Data Verb Wind Turbines

Word3 generate
WordType (verb)
Phonetic /ˈdʒenəreɪt/ /ˈdʒenəreɪt/
Example
  • the wind turbines are used to generate electricity.
  • to generate heat/power
  • living cells generate energy from food.
  • to generate revenue/income/profit
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generate

(verb)/ˈdʒenəreɪt/ /ˈdʒenəreɪt/

    Verb Forms

  1. to produce energy, especially electricity
    • The wind turbines are used to generate electricity.
    • to generate heat/power
    • Living cells generate energy from food.
  2. to produce or create something
    • to generate revenue/income/profit
    • We need someone to generate new ideas.
    • The proposal has generated a lot of interest.

    Extra Examples

    • The lottery is expected to generate substantial funds for charities.
    • People used to believe that dirt spontaneously generated disease.
    • a sequence of randomly generated fractions
  3. to produce a set or sequence of data by taking an initial set of data and applying a mathematical or logical process to it
    • We generated 10 data sets, which we used to run each of the models.

    Word Origin

    • early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘beget, procreate’): from Latin generat- ‘created’, from the verb generare, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race’.
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