| means | (verb) bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami"
generate, bring forth |
| means | (verb) make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
get, sire, father, engender, beget, mother, bring forth, generate |
| means | (verb) make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
create, make |
| means | (verb) cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"
give |
| means | (verb) call forth
engender, spawn, breed |
| means | (verb) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
make, do, cause |
| means | (verb) give occasion to
occasion |
| means | (verb) bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
turn out, bear |
| means | (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
kindle, elicit, arouse, evoke, raise, provoke, enkindle, fire |
| means | (verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
put forward, call down, stir, arouse, conjure up, evoke, invoke, call forth, raise, bring up, conjure |
| means | (verb) give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
motivate, prompt, incite, actuate, move, propel |
| means | (verb) issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"
challenge |
| means | (verb) cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"
bring, wreak, work, play, make for |
| means | (verb) evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
provoke, evoke, kick up, call forth |
| means | (verb) make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
make, construct, build |
| means | (verb) cause to come into a particular state or condition; "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point"
bring |
| means | (verb) serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
instigate, prompt, inspire |
| means | (verb) produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave"
set up, effectuate, effect |
| means | (verb) cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system"
bring about, produce, give rise |
| means | (verb) create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
create, make |
| means | (verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
have, induce, make, get, cause, stimulate |
| means | (verb) institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
make, lay down, establish |
| means | (verb) compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat"
make |
| means | (verb) dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
tempt, allure |
| means | (verb) provide the needed stimulus for
stimulate, provoke |
| means | (verb) challenge; "I dare you!"
defy, dare |
| means | (verb) take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission; "How dare you call my lawyer?"
presume, make bold, dare |
| means | (verb) produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
excite |
| means | (verb) raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms"
excite, energize, energise |
| means | (verb) provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
instigate, set off, stir up, incite |
| means | (verb) cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
awaken, arouse, wake up, waken, rouse, wake |
| means | (verb) cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day"
make |