Generate
verb
To cause something to exist or happen.
The new project will generate many jobs
Often appears as...
- generate income
- generate excitement
verb
In science, to produce energy or a particular type of energy.
The windmills can be used to generate electricity
Often appears as...
- generate electricity
- generate heat
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Technical
verb
In mathematics, to produce a set or sequence of items by performing specified operations.
The formula generates a sequence of prime numbers
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- generate a series
- generate a sequence
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Academic
verb
In computing, to produce data or a program by using a set of rules.
The system generates a unique identification for each user
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- generate report
- generate data
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Technical
verb
To cause something to exist or happen.
The new project will generate many jobs
Often appears as...
- generate income
- generate excitement
verb
In science, to produce energy or a particular type of energy.
The windmills can be used to generate electricity
Often appears as...
- generate electricity
- generate heat
Usage tips
Technical
verb
In mathematics, to produce a set or sequence of items by performing specified operations.
The formula generates a sequence of prime numbers
Often appears as...
- generate a series
- generate a sequence
Usage tips
Academic
verb
In computing, to produce data or a program by using a set of rules.
The system generates a unique identification for each user
Often appears as...
- generate report
- generate data
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Action Initiation
Emphasizes starting processes or activities; often tied to creation or innovation.
The new policy will generate positive changes within the company.
Pro Tip 2/3Causality Emphasis
Highlights the cause-and-effect relationship, where 'generate' introduces the result.
Increased investment will generate higher economic growth.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Often used with a positive outcome in mind, though not exclusively.
The fundraiser event will generate much-needed funds for the school.
Pro Tip 1/3Action Initiation
Emphasizes starting processes or activities; often tied to creation or innovation.
The new policy will generate positive changes within the company.
Pro Tip 2/3Causality Emphasis
Highlights the cause-and-effect relationship, where 'generate' introduces the result.
Increased investment will generate higher economic growth.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Often used with a positive outcome in mind, though not exclusively.
The fundraiser event will generate much-needed funds for the school.
Pro Tip 1/3Action Initiation
Emphasizes starting processes or activities; often tied to creation or innovation.
The new policy will generate positive changes within the company.
Pro Tip 2/3Causality Emphasis
Highlights the cause-and-effect relationship, where 'generate' introduces the result.
Increased investment will generate higher economic growth.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Often used with a positive outcome in mind, though not exclusively.
The fundraiser event will generate much-needed funds for the school.
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Jonathan Foley: The...
Surprisingly, agriculture is the biggest contributor to climate change. It generates 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. That's more than the emissions from all electricity and industry, or from all the world's planes, trains and automobiles. Most agricultural emissions come from tropical deforestation, methane from animals and rice fields, and nitrous oxide from over-fertilizing.
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Four reasons you should...
of fact they're quite toxic to your brain events news events are just things happening flickering on the world surface but to make better decisions you want to understand what drives these events or generates these events and new stories don't tell you that news give you the illusion of understanding and
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What makes muscles grow?...
The bigger the challenge becomes, the bigger the brain's signal grows, and the more motor units it rallies to help you achieve your task. But what if the door is made of solid iron? At this point, your arm muscles alone won't be able to generate enough tension to pull it open,
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What causes cavities? -...
As they consume it, the bacteria generate byproducts in the form of acids, such as lactic acid. Mutans streptococci are resistant to this acid, but unfortunately, our teeth aren't. While each human tooth is coated in a hardy, protective layer of enamel, it's no match for acid.
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How to understand power...
The fifth form of power is ideas. An idea, individual liberties, say, or racial equality, can generate boundless amounts of power if it motivates enough people to change their thinking and actions. And so the sixth source of power is numbers, lots of humans.
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Meet the tardigrade, the...
And by studying how tardigrades survive prolonged exposure to the vacuum of outer space, scientists can generate clues about the environmental limits of life and how to safeguard astronauts. In the process, tardigrades could even help us answer a critical
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Why do we hiccup? - John...
from water to land. An inhalation that could move water over gills followed by a rapid closure of the glottis preventing water from entering the lungs. That's supported by evidence which suggests that the neural patterning involved in generating a hiccup
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Harness the Waves PIPE...
generate large waves and there is power available on any coastline facing those the experimental device he's invented has begun to capture the world's imagination it's called Palomas after a tropical sea snake the massive contraption stretches
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The physics of the...
Her supporting foot flattens, and then twists as it rises back onto pointe, pushing against the floor to generate a tiny amount of new torque. At the same time, her arms sweep open to help her keep her balance.
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What's Hiding in the...
is bioluminescence a deep sea anglerfish flashes in the darkness the light is generated by bacteria that
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Jonathan Foley: The...
Surprisingly, agriculture is the biggest contributor to climate change. It generates 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. That's more than the emissions from all electricity and industry, or from all the world's planes, trains and automobiles. Most agricultural emissions come from tropical deforestation, methane from animals and rice fields, and nitrous oxide from over-fertilizing.
Video examples
Four reasons you should...
of fact they're quite toxic to your brain events news events are just things happening flickering on the world surface but to make better decisions you want to understand what drives these events or generates these events and new stories don't tell you that news give you the illusion of understanding and
Video examples
What makes muscles grow?...
The bigger the challenge becomes, the bigger the brain's signal grows, and the more motor units it rallies to help you achieve your task. But what if the door is made of solid iron? At this point, your arm muscles alone won't be able to generate enough tension to pull it open,
Video examples
What causes cavities? -...
As they consume it, the bacteria generate byproducts in the form of acids, such as lactic acid. Mutans streptococci are resistant to this acid, but unfortunately, our teeth aren't. While each human tooth is coated in a hardy, protective layer of enamel, it's no match for acid.
Video examples
How to understand power...
The fifth form of power is ideas. An idea, individual liberties, say, or racial equality, can generate boundless amounts of power if it motivates enough people to change their thinking and actions. And so the sixth source of power is numbers, lots of humans.
Video examples
Meet the tardigrade, the...
And by studying how tardigrades survive prolonged exposure to the vacuum of outer space, scientists can generate clues about the environmental limits of life and how to safeguard astronauts. In the process, tardigrades could even help us answer a critical
Video examples
Why do we hiccup? - John...
from water to land. An inhalation that could move water over gills followed by a rapid closure of the glottis preventing water from entering the lungs. That's supported by evidence which suggests that the neural patterning involved in generating a hiccup
Video examples
Harness the Waves PIPE...
generate large waves and there is power available on any coastline facing those the experimental device he's invented has begun to capture the world's imagination it's called Palomas after a tropical sea snake the massive contraption stretches
Video examples
The physics of the...
Her supporting foot flattens, and then twists as it rises back onto pointe, pushing against the floor to generate a tiny amount of new torque. At the same time, her arms sweep open to help her keep her balance.
Video examples
What's Hiding in the...
is bioluminescence a deep sea anglerfish flashes in the darkness the light is generated by bacteria that
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James Altucher
American Author
Your competition is not other people but the time you kill, the ill will you create, the knowledge you neglect to learn, the connections you fail to build, the health you sacrifice along the path, your inability to generate ideas, the people around you who don't support and love your efforts, and whatever god you curse for your bad luck.
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Yorgos Lanthimos
Greek Director
It's hard for me to find a script that's perfectly suited to me, so even if it's a good script, I'll still have to work on it with someone and shape it, making it the film that I want to make. So in that respect, I prefer to do the stuff that I've generated anyway.
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Fred Saberhagen
American Author
There are interactions with characters within the game which I think are pretty neatly done considering the limitations that you have to work with. I mean, a computer can't really generate a character that talks back and forth with you successfully.
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Ira Glass
American Journalist
I'm trying to make perfect moments. And those generate meaning. If you go deep enough in how to make a moment, very quickly you come to how narrative works - to what we are as a species, how we've come up with telling stories in scenes and images.
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Farah Khan
Indian Director
You get paid what you deserve, according to the money that your movie generates. I get much more than a lot of male directors and I also get less than some. But I get paid what I deserve and what I ask for.
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Dalai Lama
Tibetan Leader
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
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Yvonne Strahovski
Australian Actress
I enjoy living in L.A. This is where the work is - or at least generated from - because you fly off and do movies. It's sort of a great way to see the world.
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Gary Bettman
American Businessman
You can have the biggest markets in the world, but if the game isn't exciting, compelling, and competitive, it's not going to generate a lot of interest.
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Barack Obama
American President
The immigration issue is, I recognize, one that generates a lot of passion, but it does not make sense for us to want to push talent out.
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Kim Weston
American Photographer
I don't need the money I generate from photography to support myself.
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James Altucher
American Author
Your competition is not other people but the time you kill, the ill will you create, the knowledge you neglect to learn, the connections you fail to build, the health you sacrifice along the path, your inability to generate ideas, the people around you who don't support and love your efforts, and whatever god you curse for your bad luck.
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Yorgos Lanthimos
Greek Director
It's hard for me to find a script that's perfectly suited to me, so even if it's a good script, I'll still have to work on it with someone and shape it, making it the film that I want to make. So in that respect, I prefer to do the stuff that I've generated anyway.
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Fred Saberhagen
American Author
There are interactions with characters within the game which I think are pretty neatly done considering the limitations that you have to work with. I mean, a computer can't really generate a character that talks back and forth with you successfully.
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Ira Glass
American Journalist
I'm trying to make perfect moments. And those generate meaning. If you go deep enough in how to make a moment, very quickly you come to how narrative works - to what we are as a species, how we've come up with telling stories in scenes and images.
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Farah Khan
Indian Director
You get paid what you deserve, according to the money that your movie generates. I get much more than a lot of male directors and I also get less than some. But I get paid what I deserve and what I ask for.
Quote examples
Dalai Lama
Tibetan Leader
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
Quote examples
Yvonne Strahovski
Australian Actress
I enjoy living in L.A. This is where the work is - or at least generated from - because you fly off and do movies. It's sort of a great way to see the world.
Quote examples
Gary Bettman
American Businessman
You can have the biggest markets in the world, but if the game isn't exciting, compelling, and competitive, it's not going to generate a lot of interest.
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Barack Obama
American President
The immigration issue is, I recognize, one that generates a lot of passion, but it does not make sense for us to want to push talent out.
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Kim Weston
American Photographer
I don't need the money I generate from photography to support myself.
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