generating

Verb

generate (third-person singular simple present generates, present participle generating, simple past and past participle generated)

1. (transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.
   • The discussion generated an uproar.

   Synonyms:

   bring about, create, engender, make, produce, spawn

2. (transitive) To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
   • Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.
3. (transitive) To procreate, beget.
   • They generated many offspring.
4. (transitive) To form a figure from a curve or solid.
   • Rotating a circle generates a sphere.
5. (intransitive) To appear or occur; be generated.
   • Mrs. Fennel, seeing the steam begin to generate on the countenances of her guests, crossed over and touched the fiddler's elbow and put her hand on the serpent's mouth.1883, Thomas Hardy, The Three Strangers

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