Nuclear power is used to generate electricity.
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Generate
//ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɚ.eɪt//
Synonyms for "generate" (149 found)
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Strong matches (45)
Related words (74)
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7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
118 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φύω verb (bring into being)
Aragonese
1 entries- chenerar verb (bring into being)
Asturian
1 entries- xenerar verb (bring into being)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- törətmək verb (bring into being)
Belarusian
1 entries- генеры́раваць verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- उपजावल verb (bring into being)
Bulgarian
4 entries- генерирам verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- образувам verb (mathematics: form a figure)
- пораждам verb (bring into being)
- пораждам verb (procreate, beget)
Catalan
1 entries- generar verb (bring into being)
Esperanto
1 entries- generi verb (bring into being)
Finnish
4 entries- herättää verb (bring into being)
- kehittää verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- synnyttää verb (bring into being)
- synnyttää verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
French
4 entries- engendrer verb (procreate, beget)
- engendrer verb (mathematics: form a figure)
- générer verb (bring into being)
- générer verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
Galician
4 entries- criar verb (bring into being)
- xerar verb (bring into being)
- xerar verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- xerar verb (procreate, beget)
Georgian
4 entries- გენერირება verb (bring into being)
- გენერირება verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- გენერირება verb (mathematics: form a figure)
- შექმნა verb (bring into being)
German
1 entries- generieren verb (bring into being)
Hindi
2 entries- उत्पादन करना verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- उपजाना verb (bring into being)
Hungarian
2 entries- létrehoz verb (bring into being)
- teremt verb (bring into being)
Italian
4 entries- formare verb (mathematics: form a figure)
- generare verb (bring into being)
- generare verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- generare verb (procreate, beget)
Japanese
4 entries- 熾す verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- 生み出す verb (bring into being)
- 生み出す verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- 生む verb (bring into being)
Latin
1 entries- pariō verb (bring into being)
Manx
4 entries- gien verb (bring into being)
- gien verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- gien verb (procreate, beget)
- gien verb (mathematics: form a figure)
Māori
2 entries- huri hiko verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- mahi hiko verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
Polish
4 entries- generować verb (bring into being)
- generować verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- płodzić verb (procreate, beget)
- spłodzić verb (procreate, beget)
Portuguese
3 entries- gerar verb (bring into being)
- gerar verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- procriar verb (procreate, beget)
Romanian
4 entries- a da naștere verb (procreate, beget)
- crea verb (mathematics: form a figure)
- genera verb (bring into being)
- genera verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
Russian
4 entries- генери́ровать verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- генерировать verb (bring into being)
- образо́вывать verb (mathematics: form a figure)
- порожда́ть verb (bring into being)
Slovak
4 entries- generovať verb (bring into being)
- generovať verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- generovať verb (mathematics: form a figure)
- vygenerovať verb (bring into being)
Spanish
4 entries- generar verb (bring into being)
- generar verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- procrear verb (procreate, beget)
- producir verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
Swedish
2 entries- generera verb (bring into being)
- skapa verb (bring into being)
Ukrainian
1 entries- генерува́ти verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
Vietnamese
4 entries- gây nên verb (bring into being)
- gây ra verb (bring into being)
- phát verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
- phát ra verb (produce as a result of a chemical or physical process)
Zazaki
1 entries- afernen verb (bring into being)
Sample sentences
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An electric current can generate magnetism.
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Does bump mapping generate more graphics load than parallax?
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With this module you can make the Enter key generate an event.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.