to beget

Examples

• All

• But just as fear begets fear, love begets love.

• What must really happen is that music making should beget far more music making.

  Academic text (1992)

• The plot was only there to beget emotion.

  Academic text (2017)

• But tragedy can beget transformation.

  The Veil (2016)

• If anything, your success begets more success for me, without a doubt.

  Rich Roll

• So each and every step in the right direction is what begets more success.

  Big Think

• You need to get in front of people every day as often as you can because success begets success, right?

• Changes in our local economies and changes in information-seeking behaviors beget new user services.

  Academic text (2014)

• So remember, flow begets flow, ease begets ease.

• The teacher's encouragement begets a love for learning in her students.

Synonyms

C

to create

vsto beget

∞ 1.0

To make something new that does not exist yet

is about causing a result or consequence rather than making something new

C

to cause

vsto beget

∞ 1.0

To make something happen

is the key idea phrased to highlight resulting consequence

I

to initiate

vsto beget

426 4.5

To start something such as a project or discussion

is about causing an outcome or consequence rather than just starting

B

to bring about

vsto beget

203 3.0

To make something happen

expresses the same idea but stresses the resulting consequence

I

to induce

vsto beget

168 5.3

Cause a process, event, or feeling to start

is about causing a general result rather than focusing on specific examples

O

to originate

vsto beget

153 3.8

To start or create something

is about producing an outcome or consequence rather than only the initial phase

M

to make it happen

vsto beget

143 3.0

Get something you want by working to reach it

is about causing results generally rather than stressing active effort

B

to breed

vsto beget

93 3.9

To cause a feeling or situation to begin

means causing a result generally rather than specifically producing feelings or states

G

to give rise

vsto beget

• Formal

49 3.5

Make something happen

is about causing a result or consequence rather than mere production

I

to instigate

vsto beget

36 6.9

To cause something bad to start

is about causing results neutrally rather than provoking harmful outcomes

G

to give birth

vsto beget

35 3.0

To cause a new idea or movement to begin

focuses on causing a result or consequence instead of originating new things

E

to engender

vsto beget

• Formal

26 6.9

To make a feeling or situation start

focuses on causing results broadly rather than specifically creating feelings or conditions

S

to sow the seeds of

vsto beget

• Informal

2 6.3

To cause a small action now that brings bigger effects later

focuses on immediate causing of results rather than delayed influence

Antonyms

P

to prevent

∞ 2.3

Stop something from happening or someone from doing it

H

to halt

206 2.4

To stop moving or make something stop moving

How Causal

to create

∞ 1.0

to beget

19 7.9

to produce

∞ 2.0

to cause

∞ 1.0

to bring about

203 3.0

to lead to

∞ 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology