Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to generate
Participle: generated
Gerund: generating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | generate |
| you | generate |
| he;she;it | generates |
| we | generate |
| you | generate |
| they | generate |
Perfect
| I | have generated |
| you | have generated |
| he;she;it | has generated |
| we | have generated |
| you | have generated |
| they | have generated |
Past
| I | generated |
| you | generated |
| he;she;it | generated |
| we | generated |
| you | generated |
| they | generated |
Pluperfect
| I | had generated |
| you | had generated |
| he;she;it | had generated |
| we | had generated |
| you | had generated |
| they | had generated |
Future
| I | will generate |
| you | will generate |
| he;she;it | will generate |
| we | will generate |
| you | will generate |
| they | will generate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have generated |
| you | will have generated |
| he;she;it | will have generated |
| we | will have generated |
| you | will have generated |
| they | will have generated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | generate |
| you | generate |
| he;she;it | generate |
| we | generate |
| you | generate |
| they | generate |
Perfect
| I | have generated |
| you | have generated |
| he;she;it | have generated |
| we | have generated |
| you | have generated |
| they | have generated |
Imperfect
| I | generated |
| you | generated |
| he;she;it | generated |
| we | generated |
| you | generated |
| they | generated |
Pluperfect
| I | had generated |
| you | had generated |
| he;she;it | had generated |
| we | had generated |
| you | had generated |
| they | had generated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would generate |
| you | would generate |
| he;she;it | would generate |
| we | would generate |
| you | would generate |
| they | would generate |
Perfect
| I | would have generated |
| you | would have generated |
| he;she;it | would have generated |
| we | would have generated |
| you | would have generated |
| they | would have generated |
Imperative
| you | generate |
| we | Let's generate |
| you | generate |
Verbs conjugated like 'generate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'generate'
fenerate,
venerate,
cogenerate,
deaerate,
degenerate,
dejerate,
denegate,
denervate,
deonerate,
enecate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- make
- create, originate, procreate, produce, sire, spawn, parent, father
- produce
- breed, engender, cause, hatch, induce, provoke, muster
Antonyms
- make
- destroy, annihilate, demolish, dismantle
- produce
- destroy, ruin, squelch, subdue
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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”)). See: Italian '
generare', French '
générer'.
Verbs referencing "generate"
Finnish with old forms
generoida.
Sample Sentences
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[...] reference to their smartness. I recollect, on both occasions of our passing that ill-fated Cairo on the Mississippi, remarking on the bad effects such gross deceits must have when they exploded, in generating a want of confidence abroad, and discouraging foreign investment: but I was given to understand that this was a very smart scheme by which a deal of money had been made: and that its smartest [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] meet the very same people whom I had left behind me, at the last. Such defects as are perceptible in the national manners, seem, to me, to be referable, in a great degree, to this cause: which has generated a dull, sullen persistence in coarse usages, and rejected the graces of life as undeserving of attention. There is no doubt that Washington, who was always most scrupulous and exact on points of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)