generate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To cause something to exist or happen; to produce.

   The new campaign generated a lot of interest among customers.

2. 2
   verb

   To produce power or energy.

   The dam generates electricity for the whole region.

3. 3
   verb

   To produce something as a result of a physical or chemical process.

   Adding acid to water generates heat.

Simplified etymology

Generate, recorded from the late Middle English period, ultimately comes from Latin genus, meaning “birth, family, nation.” It shares this source with gender, generation, engender, and genus.

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”)).

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