to breed
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3.9
- verb
- /brid/
:
provocar
- But what I'll tell you is that sometimes limitations breed creativity.
- breeds contempt
- breeds violence
- breeds fear
So you can success can breed fear, failure can breed fear.
- So you can success can breed fear, failure can breed fear.
- So I think that was a push to breed political disruption.
- So ignorance breeds fear, fear breeds hatred, hatred breeds destruction.
- I, I feel that a lot of this breeds a certain kind of anxiety.
- But that patience, it breeds more faith.
- And that does breed compassion for people.
- I always say appreciation breeds production, OK?
- That lack of communication can breed doubt.
- And that just breeds and fosters this environment of, of passion.
- You know this one well, familiarity breeds contempt.
- And, you know, I certainly think that breeds bias.
- And he always says competence breeds confidence.
- And and so that breeds a certain kind of I don't know.
- Because the desperation and despair breeds consumerism.
- And I think that that breeds a bit of like isolation in a way.
Examples
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The constant pressure to perform can breed anxiety among students.
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And so positive attitude breeds more positivity.
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So you can success can breed fear, failure can breed fear.
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So I think that was a push to breed political disruption.
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And that does breed compassion for people.
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I, I feel that a lot of this breeds a certain kind of anxiety.
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But that patience, it breeds more faith.
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Another big lesson that I've learned is that answers breed questions.
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I would just say that constraint breeds creativity.
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It is true that familiarity can breed contempt.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make something happen
168
5.3
Cause a process, event, or feeling to start
115
3.7
Cause a reaction or feeling
68
5.5
To make many new things or ideas appear
49
3.5
Make something happen
26
6.9
To make a feeling or situation start
19
7.9
To cause something to happen or exist
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
A saying that claims a girl who has started her period is ready for sex and to have children
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of animals or plants from the same family that people raise to keep certain traits
How Causative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Because breed originally meant 'to produce', it later came to mean 'to cause' things like feelings or situations to happen. That's why we say neglect can breed problems.