generate
US: /ˈdʒɛnɝˌeɪt/
UK: /dʒˈɛnəɹˌeɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
generate /'dʤenəreit/- ngoại động từ
- sinh, đẻ ra
- phát, phát ra
- to generate electricity: phát điện
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb[VN] to produce or create sth: to generate electricity / heat / power + to generate income / profit + We need someone to generate new ideas. + The proposal has generated a lot of interest.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 produce, create, originate, make, manufacture:
At these stations we can generate 1000 megawatts of electricity.
2 spawn, father, sire, bring into being, procreate, breed, beget, engender, propagate:
This one fish would generate millions of offspring if all survived.
3 produce, create, give rise to, inspire, whip up, cause, initiate:
Her good fortune generated in him a feeling of envy.
4 produce, create, invent, coin, make up, fabricate, fashion, devise, develop, form, forge, mould, contrive, construct, put together:
We must generate a new theory to account for these phenomena.
Collocation
ADV.
quickly | automatically, spontaneously
People used to believe that dirt spontaneously generated disease.
| randomly
a sequence of randomly generated fractions
| externally, internally
internally generated revenue
| locally
VERB + GENERATE
help (to)
the opportunity to help generate ideas
| be used to
The wind turbines are used to generate electricity.
| be expected to, be likely to
The lottery is expected to generate substantial funds for charities.
PREP.
from
Living cells generate energy from food. profits generated from the company's activities
Concise dictionary
generates|generated|generating'dʒenəreɪtverb
+bring into existence
+give or supply
+produce (energy)
+make children
