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to engender

to engender

26 6.9
To make a feeling or situation start
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈdʒɛndər/
  • Formal
translation icon : generar
  • Her kindness and generosity helped to engender a strong sense of community among the neighbors.
  • engendering fear
  • engender a sense
  • engender trust

So how do you engender trust in an organization?

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Examples

  • In addition, the groups demonstrated and engendered empathy, imagining how Jim Crow shaped lives and self-perception.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Judge Culhane has never shirked his responsibility... and he's managed to engender the trust of the community.

  • So how do you engender trust in an organization?

  • In other words, the act of taking action alone can engender results.

  • And we can help to engender resilience in people.

  • You saw him try to engender sympathy for him.

  • What is it about access to books that engenders human freedom?

    Academic text (2015)
  • If you can convince him that you're just like him, that you share the same beliefs as him, it will engender trust.

  • Revolutionary or critical thought is difficult to engender without this openness to alternative perspectives.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Such instruction engenders "a thoughtful sense of one's place in the world and before God."

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

to create
vsto engender
1.0

To make something new that does not exist yet

is focused more on causing internal feelings or situational development
to cause
vsto engender
1.0

To make something happen

is targeted at producing feelings, situations, or developing conditions
to inspire
vsto engender
837 3.2

Cause someone to feel excited and ready to act

is wider, producing any feeling or situation rather than mainly motivation
to initiate
vsto engender
426 4.5

To start something such as a project or discussion

stresses development of feelings or conditions rather than only initiation
to stimulate
vsto engender
236 3.7

Make a person or thing more active, alert and responsive

is specifically about causing feelings or situations to develop
to bring about
vsto engender
203 3.0

To make something happen

is narrower toward producing feelings or developing conditions rather than events
to induce
vsto engender
168 5.3

Cause a process, event, or feeling to start

is broader, covering emotional and situational development not only outcomes
to spark
vsto engender
154 3.4

To cause something to start, often an idea or strong feeling

usually implies a gradual emergence of a feeling or situation instead
to stir
vsto engender
131 3.7

To make someone feel a strong emotion

is about creating or developing feelings or conditions beyond a single reaction
to provoke
vsto engender
115 3.7

Cause a reaction or feeling

is broader and can include gentle emergence rather than deliberate provocation
to breed
vsto engender
93 3.9

To cause a feeling or situation to begin

is more focused on intentional development of internal states or feelings
to bring on
vsto engender
81 3.5

Cause something, often a sickness or a bad feeling, to start

is neutral and often refers to producing feelings or developing situations
to instill
vsto engender
  • US
71 4.8

To gradually make someone feel, believe, or value something

is broader, causes feelings or situations to exist or develop generally
to evoke
vsto engender
71 4.8

To bring a memory, image, or feeling to mind

focuses on creating feelings or conditions rather than recalling them
to spawn
vsto engender
68 5.5

To make many new things or ideas appear

is about causing feelings or conditions to develop, not mass production
to arouse
vsto engender
57 4.1

Cause a feeling or strong reaction in people

is more general, causing states or situations to exist or develop
to give rise
vsto engender
  • Formal
49 3.5

Make something happen

is about causing feelings or situations to come into being or grow
to ignite
vsto engender
47 4.4

To cause strong feelings in someone

is broader, causing feelings or situations to exist or develop over time
to effect
vsto engender
  • Formal
46 6.1

To cause something to happen

focuses on creating feelings or situations rather than any outcome
to infuse
vsto engender
37 4.6

Fill someone or something with a feeling like confidence

is more general, creating feelings or conditions rather than filling someone
to instigate
vsto engender
36 6.9

To cause something bad to start

is more neutral, concerning emergence of feelings or conditions generally
to usher in
vsto engender
35 4.6

To start something new, like a new era or event

is about generating feelings or situations rather than just signalling starts
to beget
vsto engender
19 7.9

To cause something to happen or exist

is more general about creating feelings, situations, or developing conditions
to bring forth
vsto engender
16 4.1

To produce or show something new for others to use

relates more to generating feelings or conditions than physical creation
to call forth
vsto engender
7 4.9

Cause a feeling or reaction to appear in people

is wider, emphasizing ongoing development of feelings or conditions
to effectuate
vsto engender
  • Formal
4 8.6

To make something happen, for example a plan or change

is concerned with causing feelings or conditions to exist or develop
to ignite passion
vsto engender
1 5.0

Make someone feel very excited and interested in something

is broader, applying to feelings, situations, or conditions generally
to enkindle
vsto engender
  • Archaic
1 9.2

To make someone feel a strong emotion

is less about strong sudden feeling and more about general development

Antonyms

176 4.8

To stop public protest by force or by people in power

How Strong

to incite
  • NSFW
72 7.7
to provoke
115 3.7
to cause
1.0
to engender
  • Formal
26 6.9
to produce
2.0
to lead to
2.5
to spark
154 3.4

Surface Forms

engender infinitive
engendered past
engendered past participle
engendering present participle
engenders third person singular

Etymology

Engender comes from the Latin root gignere 'to give birth to', so it keeps the basic idea of making something exist. That's why to engender a feeling or situation is to 'bring that feeling into being'.