English-Thai Dictionary

generate

VT สร้าง ขึ้น  ผลิต  ทำให้เกิด  ให้กำเนิด  create originate destroy sang-kuan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GENERATE

v.t.[L. genero. See Gender. ] 1. To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce a being similar to the parent. Every animal generates his own species.
2. To produce; to cause to be; to bring into life; as great whales which the waters generated.
3. To cause; to produce; to form.
Sounds are generated where there is no air at all.
Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle, must likewise generate milk.
In music, any given sound generates with itself its octave and two other sounds extremely sharp, viz, its twelfth above or the octave of its fifth, and the seventeenth above.

 

GENERATED

pp. Begotten; engendered; procreated; produced; formed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GENERATE

Gen "er *ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Generated; p. pr. & vb. n.Generating. ] Etym: [L. generatus, p. p. of generare to generate, fr. genus. See Genus, Gender. ]

 

1. To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent ); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.

 

2. To cause to be; to bring into life. Milton.

 

3. To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause. Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle must likewise generate milk. Arbuthnot.

 

4. (Math. )

 

Defn: To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

generate

gen er ate |ˈjenəˌrāt ˈʤɛnəˌreɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause (something, esp. an emotion or situation ) to arise or come about: changes that are likely to generate controversy | generate more jobs in the economy. • produce (energy, esp. electricity ). • produce (a set or sequence of items ) by performing specified mathematical or logical operations on an initial set. • Linguistics produce (a sentence or other unit, esp. a well-formed one ) by the application of a finite set of rules to lexical or other linguistic input. • Mathematics form (a line, surface, or solid ) by notionally moving a point, line, or surface. DERIVATIVES gen er a ble |ˈjenərəbəl |adjective ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘beget, procreate ’): from Latin generat- ‘created, ’ from the verb generare, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

generate

gen ¦er |ate |ˈdʒɛnəreɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] produce or create: changes which are likely to generate controversy | the income generated by the sale of council houses. • produce (energy, especially electricity ). • Mathematics & Linguistics produce (a set or sequence of items ) by performing specified mathematical or logical operations on an initial set. • Linguistics produce (a sentence or other unit, especially a well-formed one ) by the application of a finite set of rules to lexical or other linguistic input. • Mathematics form (a line, surface, or solid ) by notionally moving a point, line, or surface. DERIVATIVES generable |-rəb (ə )l |adjective ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘beget, procreate ’): from Latin generat- ‘created ’, from the verb generare, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

generate

generate verb 1 moves to generate extra business: cause, give rise to, lead to, result in, bring about, create, make, produce, engender, spawn, precipitate, prompt, provoke, trigger, spark off, stir up, induce, promote, foster. 2 captive animals may not generate offspring : procreate, breed, reproduce, father offspring, sire offspring, mother offspring, spawn offspring, create offspring, produce offspring, have offspring; literary beget offspring; archaic engender offspring.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

generate

generate verb 1 the move should generate extra business: cause, give rise to, lead to, result in, bring about, bring into being, create, make, produce, initiate, engender, spawn, sow the seeds of, occasion, effect, originate, bring to pass, bring on, precipitate, prompt, provoke, kindle, trigger, spark off, touch off, stir up, whip up, induce, inspire, promote, foster, conjure; literary beget, enkindle; rare effectuate. ANTONYMS destroy. 2 many factors determine which male is most likely to generate offspring: procreate, breed, father, sire, engender, spawn, create, produce, give life to, give birth to, bring into being, bring into the world, bring forth, have; reproduce, propagate; literary beget.

 

French Dictionary

générateur

générateur n. m. nom masculin et féminin Appareil produisant du courant électrique. : Un générateur d ’électricité. SYNONYME génératrice .

 

générateur

générateur , trice adj. adjectif Qui sert à engendrer. : La fonction génératrice.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

generate

gen er ate /dʒénərèɪt /〖語源は 「同じ種族 (genus )を生み出す (ate )」〗(名 )generation, generator 動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～d /-ɪd /; -ating 他動詞 1 〈事 物 〉を生み出す , 作り出す , 創出する (create )▸ generate new ideas 新しい考えを生み出す .2 〈商品 企画 会社などが 〉〈莫大な金額 〉を稼ぐ, の利益を生む ▸ generate income [profits, sales ]収入 [利益, 売り上げ ]を生む 3 【多くの人々から 】〈感情など 〉を引き起こす, 誘発する «from » ▸ generate excitement [interest ]興奮 [興味 ]を引き起こす 4 【原料 現象などから 】〈熱 電気などのエネルギー 〉を発生させる «from » ▸ generate electricity [heat ]電気 [熱 ]を起こす 5 〘数 〙(点 線 面が動いて )〈線 面 図形 立体 〉を描く .6 〘言 〙〈文 〉を生成する .g é nerating st à tion 発電所 .