different between generate vs construct

English

Etymology

From Latin gener?tus, perfect passive participle of gener? (“beget, procreate, produce”), from genus (“a kind, race, family”); see genus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??n.?.?e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d??n.?.e?t/

Verb

generate (third-person singular simple present generates, present participle generating, simple past and past participle generated)

1. (transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.

2. (transitive) To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.

3. (transitive) To procreate, beget.

4. (transitive, mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid.

5. (intransitive) To appear or occur; be generated.
   • 1883, Thomas Hardy, The Three Strangers

     Mrs. Fennel, seeing the steam begin to generate on the countenances of her guests, crossed over and touched the fiddler's elbow and put her hand on the serpent's mouth.

Synonyms

• (to bring into being): create, spawn

Antonyms

• (to bring into being): annihilate, degenerate, extinguish
• (to produce as a result of a chemical or physical process): erase

Derived terms

• regenerate

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Translations

Further reading

• generate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• generate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• green tea, renegate, teen-ager, teenager

Italian

Verb

generate

1. second-person plural present of generare
2. second-person plural present subjunctive of generare
3. second-person plural imperative of generare
4. feminine plural past participle of generare

Anagrams

• argentee, reagente

Latin

Participle

gener?te

1. vocative masculine singular of gener?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin constructus, from construo (“I heap together, build, make, construct, connect grammatically”), from com- (“together”) + struo (“I heap up, pile”). Doublet of construe.

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK) enPR: k?n'str?kt, IPA^(key): /?k?n.st??kt/
• (US) enPR: kän'str?kt, IPA^(key): /?k?n.st??kt/

Verb

• (UK, US) enPR: k?n-str?kt', IPA^(key): /k?n?st??kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

construct (plural constructs)

1. Something constructed from parts.

2. A concept or model.

3. (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.

Synonyms

• (something constructed from parts): construction
• (concept, model): concept, idea, model, notion, representation

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Verb

construct (third-person singular simple present constructs, present participle constructing, simple past and past participle constructed)

1. (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.

2. (transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
   • 1997, Marita Sturken, Tangled Memories

     The Vietnam War films are forms of memory that function to provide collective rememberings, to construct history, and to subsume within them the experience of the veterans.

3. (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.

Synonyms

• (build or form by assembling parts'): assemble, build, form, make, produce, put together
• (build (a sentence or argument)): form
• (draw (a geometric figure)):

Antonyms

• (build or form by assembling parts): destroy, disassemble, dismantle, ruin, wreck, take apart

Derived terms

• deconstruct
• overconstruct
• reconstruct
• unconstruct

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Translations

Further reading

• construct in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• construct in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• construct at OneLook Dictionary Search