verb
1.
to bring into existence
generate new business
Synonyms: create, father, hatch, make, originate, parent, procreate, produce, sire, spawn
Related Word: bring about, effect, impose, occasion; introduce; cause; found, inaugurate, institute, set up; develop, induce, whip (up)
Idioms: bring to pass, give birth to, give rise to
Contrasted words: demolish, destroy, extinguish, ruin; degenerate, deteriorate, impair, worsen
2.
Synonyms: procreate 1, bear, beget, breed, multiply, produce, propagate, reproduce
3.
to be the cause or source of something immaterial
actions that generated a good deal of suspicion
Synonyms: breed, cause, engender, get up, hatch, induce, muster (up), occasion, produce, provoke, work up
Related Word: accomplish, achieve, perform
Idioms: give birth to, give rise to