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GENERATE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make (offspring) by reproduction

Example:

John fathered four daughters

Synonyms:

beget; bring forth; engender; father; generate; get; mother; sire

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "generate" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

generation (the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production)

generation (a coming into being)

generation (group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent)

generative (producing new life or offspring)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring into existence

Example:

The earthquake generated a tsunami

Synonyms:

bring forth; generate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "generate" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "generate"):

come up (bring forth, usually something desirable)

develop (generate gradually)

bring on; induce (cause to arise)

free; liberate; release (release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

generation (a coming into being)

generation (a stage of technological development or innovation)

generative (having the ability to produce or originate)

generator (someone who originates or causes or initiates something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Produce (energy)

Example:

The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "generate" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "generate"):

fire (generate an electrical impulse)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

generation (the production of heat or electricity)

generative (having the ability to produce or originate)

generator (engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Give or supply

Example:

The estate renders some revenue for the family

Synonyms:

generate; give; render; return; yield

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "generate" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Verb group:

give; yield (cause to happen or be responsible for)

establish; give (bring about)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

generation (the production of heat or electricity)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Within mitochondria, mutant SOD1 may interfere with the anti-apoptotic function of Bcl-2, affect mitochondrial import by interfering with the translocation machinery (TOM/TIM), and generate toxic free radicals (ROS) via aberrant superoxide chemistry.

(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Moreover activated mast cells and Th2 cells in the lung generate the cytokines interleukin IL-4, IL-13 and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha.

(Asthma Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

This cyclic activity generates energy for cellular consumption.

(ATPase Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

MMR corrects DNA mismatches generated during DNA replication, thereby preventing mutations from becoming permanent in dividing cells.

(Mismatch Repair Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

BCR-ABL oncoprotein is generated by a reciprocal translocation between chromosome 9 and 22 specifically t(9;22)(q34;q11).

(Metatinib Tromethamine, NCI Thesaurus)

Bioreductively activated mitomycin antibiotics generate oxygen radicals and alkylate DNA, forming inter-strand cross-links and inhibiting DNA synthesis.

(Mitomycin Antineoplastic Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)

Generated by the actions of humans.

(Anthropogenic, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

A grouping of data of statistical interest generated from a specific research study.

(Analysis Project, NCI Thesaurus)

Bioreduced mitomycin B generates oxygen radicals, alkylates DNA, and produces interstrand DNA cross-links, thereby inhibiting DNA synthesis.

(Mitomycin B, NCI Thesaurus)

An animal model which develops cancer or can be used to generate a model that develops cancer.

(Animal Cancer Model, NCI Thesaurus)