engender

🇺🇸 /ɪnˈdʒendər/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈdʒendə(r)/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000
verb
R

to cause something to happen or exist

The new policy engendered a lot of debate among the employees.

translation

v. to cause something to happen or exist

Word Forms

3rd Present engenders
Past engendered
Perfect engendered
Progressive engendering