begot

verb

variants also begat
Definition of begotnext
past tense of beget
1
as in caused
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) one change in the natural environment will beget others

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2
as in spawned
to become the father of the racehorse begot several Kentucky Derby winners

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for begot
  1. spawned
  2. brought
  3. induced
  4. fathered
  5. produced
  6. created
  7. generated
  8. yielded
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  • Because crypto profits are driven by generating hype and marketing, the technology has spawned a durable digital culture of people longing for community or chasing after the allure of 1,000x returns, as well as those who relish just how much crypto pisses off the right people.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The BlackStar Film Festival, which took place earlier this year, is a key moment for the community that has spawned since the festival’s debut in 2012.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of spawned
Verb
  • The Federal Trade Commission, which brought the federal case, argued that Kroger's purchase of Albertsons would lead to fewer choices and higher prices for shoppers.
    Alina Selyukh, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
  • While the Senate typically confirms nominees brought for a vote, for more than three decades, every former president has had at least one Cabinet nominee withdraw their name from consideration.
    Elena Moore, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of brought
Verb
  • Believing that government subsidies for higher education have induced harmful over-consumption of schooling is no more against higher education than fighting obesity is against caloric intake.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The entire affair smelled like a quasi-constitutional coup attempt authored by a desperate head of state whose intensive bickering with the National Assembly over everything from budgets to investigations had induced a nervous breakdown.
    Daniel R. DePetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of induced
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  • An Indiana jury has found in favor of a woman who sued Netflix for revealing her identity in a 2022 documentary about a doctor who secretly fathered dozens of children through fraudulent fertility treatments.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
  • At least 94 children are believed to have been fathered by the doctor.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of fathered
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  • The series will be produced by Hello Sunshine, Fake Empire, and Amazon MGM Studios.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This classic rivalry has not produced a score of more than 40 points since 2013.
    Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of produced
Verb
  • For people in fashion especially, the mall seems to kick up a particular nostalgia pang—especially around the holidays when so many formative memories were created, and clothing was the indisputable backdrop.
    Alyssa Hardy, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Unions are not created out of thin air or by judicial decree.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of created
Verb
  • Khan generated considerable resentment and pushback in the business community for taking an aggressive approach to antitrust enforcement.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Somehow, once the AI parses the input prompt, a video is to be generated that matches what the user has inside their mind.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of generated
Verb
  • Overall, women lead just 8% of S&P 500 companies, suggesting that decades of momentum have only yielded incremental gains.
    Moira Forbes, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Physically walking the property to search for depressions and gravestones yielded a possible site.
    Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of yielded
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