generate
verboadjetivoatestiguado en diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt//
- Reino Unido/[ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɹeɪt]/
- Canadá//ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt//
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- Canadá//ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɚ.eɪt//
To bring into being; give rise to.
verbo
- 1
To bring into being; give rise to.
The discussion generated an uproar.
The Ecclesiastical Commission was generated by Sir Robert Peel and bore the marks of Peel’s personality; bureaucratic, capable and cold.
In the last 20 minutes Athletic began to generate the sort of pressure of which they are capable, but by then it was far too late: the game had begun to slip away from them as early as the seventh minute.
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” she said.
- 2
To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.
- 3
To procreate, beget.
They generated many offspring.
- 4
To form a figure from a curve or solid.
Rotating a circle generates a sphere.
- 5
To appear or occur; be generated.
Mrs. Fennel, seeing the steam begin to generate on the countenances of her guests, crossed over and touched the fiddler's elbow and put her hand on the serpent's mouth.
Etimología
From Latin generō (“beget, procreate, produce”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from genus (“a kind, race, family”, gener- in compounds) + -ō; see genus. Compare Italian generare, French générer (and its older (and now obsolete) English cognate from Middle French, gender (“engender, breed, copulate”)).
adjetivo
- 1
raroGenerated, not self-existent.
It poses the thorny problem of the status of the Logos. Is he generate or ingenerate?.. Justin replies that he is generate—but in a special sense.
Etimología
Learned borrowing from Latin generātus, perfect passive participle of generō (“beget, procreate, produce”). See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
Formas
- pasado
- generated
- participio
- generated
- gerundio
- generating
- 3.ª persona del singular
- generates