(~s, generating, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
To ~ something means to cause it to begin and develop.
The Employment Minister said the reforms would ~ new jobs.
...the excitement ~d by the changes in Eastern Europe.
= create
VERB: V n, V-ed
2.
To ~ a form of energy or power means to produce it.
The company, New England Electric, burns coal to ~ power.
VERB: V n