generate

verb/ˈdʒen.ə.reɪt/ 🔊 listen

generate means “to produce or create”. It became very common with AI: used when an AI produces text, images or code.

📖 Meanings

1to produce, create (AI: produce content)
"The AI can generate images from text." — (produce content)
2to produce (energy, income, etc.)
"Solar panels generate electricity." — (produce energy)
3to cause, give rise to (interest, debate)
"The post generated a lot of interest." — (gave rise to)

🔄 Often confused

generate vs create →prompt →output →

💬 AI phrases

generate an imagegenerate textauto-generate
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