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# generate

verb (generate, generates, generated, generating)

«generate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To generate something is to produce or make it, like electricity, heat or power. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generate/#m1)
2. To generate means to cause something or bring it about: generate interest, generate ideas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generate/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons power stations, wind turbines and solar panels generate electricity. In maths, a rule generates a sequence: «start at 3 and add 4» generates 3, 7, 11, 15. In everyday life a computer can generate a password. Phrases: generate electricity, generate ideas, randomly generated.

### Examples

- Wind turbines generate electricity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generate/#x1)
- The fire generated a lot of heat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generate/#x2)
- Use the rule to generate the first five numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generate/#x3)
- The school fair generated £500 for charity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generate/#x4)
- Let's generate some ideas for our story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generate/#x5)
- The computer generated a random number. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generate/#x6)
- Rubbing your hands together generates heat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generate/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb. Nouns: generator (a machine that makes electricity), generation (making; also a group of people born about the same time). In maths, a rule generates the terms of a sequence.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «generate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«generate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/generate.html) on Mova free.