Beget
verb
To cause or create something.
Success begets further success.
Often appears as...
- beget success
- beget failure
verb
To become the parent of.
In the Bible, it was stated that Abraham begat Isaac.
Often appears as...
- abraham begat isaac
- begat a son
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Literary
verb
To cause or create something.
Success begets further success.
Often appears as...
- beget success
- beget failure
verb
To become the parent of.
In the Bible, it was stated that Abraham begat Isaac.
Often appears as...
- abraham begat isaac
- begat a son
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Cause and Effect
Focus on the impact of one event directly leading to another.
Her innovative ideas beget new technological advancements.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorically Used
Often used metaphorically to describe the birth of concepts, not just physical things.
His betrayal beget a war that lasted for years.
Pro Tip 3/3Commonly Abstract
Typically involves abstract or intangible outcomes, such as emotions or situations.
Fear can beget further fear, trapping a person in constant anxiety.
Pro Tip 1/3Cause and Effect
Focus on the impact of one event directly leading to another.
Her innovative ideas beget new technological advancements.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorically Used
Often used metaphorically to describe the birth of concepts, not just physical things.
His betrayal beget a war that lasted for years.
Pro Tip 3/3Commonly Abstract
Typically involves abstract or intangible outcomes, such as emotions or situations.
Fear can beget further fear, trapping a person in constant anxiety.
Pro Tip 1/3Cause and Effect
Focus on the impact of one event directly leading to another.
Her innovative ideas beget new technological advancements.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorically Used
Often used metaphorically to describe the birth of concepts, not just physical things.
His betrayal beget a war that lasted for years.
Pro Tip 3/3Commonly Abstract
Typically involves abstract or intangible outcomes, such as emotions or situations.
Fear can beget further fear, trapping a person in constant anxiety.
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Stuart Firestein: The...
who a hundred years earlier had come up with this idea of question propagation, that every answer begets more questions. I love that term, "question propagation," this idea of questions propagating out there. So I'd say the model we want to take is not that we start out kind of ignorant and we get some facts together
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Majora Carter: Greening...
And luckily for me, that home and the love inside of it, along with help from teachers, mentors and friends along the way, was enough. Now, why is this story important? Because from a planning perspective, economic degradation begets environmental degradation,
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Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi...
in the fond memory of the soily cosmos. It is in the always mingling past, present and future. It is in the water. It is in the powerful spirits and ancestors who dwelled in Lagos. It is in the hearts and minds of the people of Lagos. Change begets change.
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How "baby bonds" could...
Basically, it is wealth that begets more wealth. That's why we advocate for baby trust. An economic birthright to capital for everyone. These accounts would be held in public trust to be used as a foundation to an economically secure life.
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Capitalism will eat...
We see democracy not as the most fragile of flowers that it really is, but we see it as part of our society's furniture. We tend to think of it as an intransigent given. We mistakenly believe that capitalism begets inevitably democracy.
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Infinity according to...
And as one moment follows another, each possibility begets another set of divergent futures. Borges laid out infinite expanses of time in his labyrinths, but he also explored the idea of condensing all of time into a single moment.
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6 ways mushrooms can...
are trying to allocate resources in order to protect the biosphere. Going way out, dark matter conforms to the same mycelial archetype. I believe matter begets life; life becomes single cells; single cells become strings;
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Why 30 is not the new 20...
Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next. I didn't know the future of Emma's career, and no one knows the future of work, but I do know Identity capital begets identity capital.
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How to understand power...
Power begets more power, and so does powerlessness. The only thing that keeps law number three from leading to a situation where only one person has all the power is how we apply laws one and two.
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Laws that choke...
to be ignored and to be fought at every opportunity possible. The extremism on one side begets extremism on the other, a fact we should have learned many, many times over,
Video examples
Stuart Firestein: The...
who a hundred years earlier had come up with this idea of question propagation, that every answer begets more questions. I love that term, "question propagation," this idea of questions propagating out there. So I'd say the model we want to take is not that we start out kind of ignorant and we get some facts together
Video examples
Majora Carter: Greening...
And luckily for me, that home and the love inside of it, along with help from teachers, mentors and friends along the way, was enough. Now, why is this story important? Because from a planning perspective, economic degradation begets environmental degradation,
Video examples
Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi...
in the fond memory of the soily cosmos. It is in the always mingling past, present and future. It is in the water. It is in the powerful spirits and ancestors who dwelled in Lagos. It is in the hearts and minds of the people of Lagos. Change begets change.
Video examples
How "baby bonds" could...
Basically, it is wealth that begets more wealth. That's why we advocate for baby trust. An economic birthright to capital for everyone. These accounts would be held in public trust to be used as a foundation to an economically secure life.
Video examples
Capitalism will eat...
We see democracy not as the most fragile of flowers that it really is, but we see it as part of our society's furniture. We tend to think of it as an intransigent given. We mistakenly believe that capitalism begets inevitably democracy.
Video examples
Infinity according to...
And as one moment follows another, each possibility begets another set of divergent futures. Borges laid out infinite expanses of time in his labyrinths, but he also explored the idea of condensing all of time into a single moment.
Video examples
6 ways mushrooms can...
are trying to allocate resources in order to protect the biosphere. Going way out, dark matter conforms to the same mycelial archetype. I believe matter begets life; life becomes single cells; single cells become strings;
Video examples
Why 30 is not the new 20...
Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next. I didn't know the future of Emma's career, and no one knows the future of work, but I do know Identity capital begets identity capital.
Video examples
How to understand power...
Power begets more power, and so does powerlessness. The only thing that keeps law number three from leading to a situation where only one person has all the power is how we apply laws one and two.
Video examples
Laws that choke...
to be ignored and to be fought at every opportunity possible. The extremism on one side begets extremism on the other, a fact we should have learned many, many times over,
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Big E
I've been inspired by some new people, I can say, from different companies and from just different walks of life, who've said so many beautiful and kind things to me. The very least I can do, is to do the same for others. Kindness begets more kindness. I want to see more of that.
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Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian Scientist
Molecules A and B meet, marry, and beget the species. This takes place in one-millionth of a billionth of a second. This is a fundamental process in nature, and the world was looking for a way to be able to see the process. But many brilliant people said it couldn't be done.
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James Heckman
American Economist
Cognitive and character skills work together as dynamic complements; they are inseparable. Skills beget skills. More motivated children learn more. Those who are more informed usually make wiser decisions.
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Stephanie McMahon
American Businesswoman
If there's anyone who makes you feel badly about yourself or anything that's bringing you down, you don't need it in your life. Negativity begets negativity, but positivity begets positivity.
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Marc Platt
American Producer
Good movies beget other good movies. So when a movie captures the imagination and hearts of people around the world, it's going to have a positive influence on similar genres getting made.
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
German Theologian
Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.
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Justin Hartley
American Actor
Work begets work. I've always taken the jobs - I've tried to take the jobs where the story is full or the characters are full.
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Meshell Ndegeocello
American Musician
Yes, violence begets more violence, but historically this has been the way of the world.
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Ryan Holiday
American Author
Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.
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William Osler
Canadian Scientist
The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget.
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Big E
I've been inspired by some new people, I can say, from different companies and from just different walks of life, who've said so many beautiful and kind things to me. The very least I can do, is to do the same for others. Kindness begets more kindness. I want to see more of that.
Quote examples
Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian Scientist
Molecules A and B meet, marry, and beget the species. This takes place in one-millionth of a billionth of a second. This is a fundamental process in nature, and the world was looking for a way to be able to see the process. But many brilliant people said it couldn't be done.
Quote examples
James Heckman
American Economist
Cognitive and character skills work together as dynamic complements; they are inseparable. Skills beget skills. More motivated children learn more. Those who are more informed usually make wiser decisions.
Quote examples
Stephanie McMahon
American Businesswoman
If there's anyone who makes you feel badly about yourself or anything that's bringing you down, you don't need it in your life. Negativity begets negativity, but positivity begets positivity.
Quote examples
Marc Platt
American Producer
Good movies beget other good movies. So when a movie captures the imagination and hearts of people around the world, it's going to have a positive influence on similar genres getting made.
Quote examples
Johann Kaspar Lavater
German Theologian
Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.
Quote examples
Justin Hartley
American Actor
Work begets work. I've always taken the jobs - I've tried to take the jobs where the story is full or the characters are full.
Quote examples
Meshell Ndegeocello
American Musician
Yes, violence begets more violence, but historically this has been the way of the world.
Quote examples
Ryan Holiday
American Author
Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.
Quote examples
William Osler
Canadian Scientist
The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget.
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