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generates

Pronunciation: [ˈdʒɛnəreɪts]

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Learn how to use generates in a sentence: 9 audio examples across 3 meanings.

Context: “production”

(verb) to cause something to happen or to create something new. When a computer generates a report, it makes a new document that wasn't there before.

Example

The solar panels generate electricity for our house.

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The broken machine does not generate any power.

Example

What kind of energy does the wind turbine generate?

Context: “ideas”

(verb) to come up with new ideas or solutions. If you generate ideas in a meeting, you are thinking of different ways to solve a problem.

Example

The team generated several creative ideas during the brainstorming session.

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We didn't generate any solutions to the problem last week.

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How can we generate more ideas for the project?

Context: “data”

(verb) to produce or create data, like numbers or information. When you run a test, it generates results that show what happened.

Example

The experiment generated important data for our research.

Example

That old calculator doesn't generate accurate results anymore.

Example

What data does this software generate from the input?

How to pronounce generates

Pronunciation: [ˈdʒɛnəreɪts]

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