to spawn
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5.5
- verb
- /spɔn/
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generar
- And the presence and growth of Shopify has spawned an entire ecosystem of startups.
- spawn new
- spawn ideas
- spawn questions
And the presence and growth of Shopify has spawned an entire ecosystem of startups.
- And the presence and growth of Shopify has spawned an entire ecosystem of startups.
- And, and, you know, talking really is what spawns a relationship.
- There was a show that, like so many HBO shows, spawned, you know, a lot of big talent.
- I think they're going to be a ton of questions that spawn from this.
- And yeah, I've a lot of Disney adults have spawned because of this.
- But yeah, these cookbooks spawned a lot and it's interesting to look back on them.
- Yes, it spawns and favors efficiency.
- That I would say, I mean almost all of them I would say are spawn from.
Examples
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The trend toward specialized reading has spawned a generation of consumer and special-interest magazines.
Academic text (1999) -
The assassination of John F. Kennedy touched a generation and spawned a wealth of conspiracy theories.
Fiction book (1991) -
On top of all of this, they spawn like crazy.
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But we, yeah, just let them spawn, do their thing.
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Only to help spawn our new army.
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So I think it's when other theories spawn from an official story.
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Obviously, it spawned a lot of other building projects in the city.
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You're going to spawn discussions no matter what you do.
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The Great War spawned a new age of mercenaries.
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The heavy rainfall this spring has spawned a series of flooding events across the region.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make something new that does not exist yet
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3.9
To cause a feeling or situation to begin
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3.5
Make something happen
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3.0
To cause a new idea or movement to begin
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6.9
To make a feeling or situation start
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3.0
To make young animals or plants
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8.1
To give birth to a child or young animal
Phrasal Verbs
- Jargon
To create a new game character for a player or the computer to control
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Spawn also came to mean 'to produce many' because fish and frogs make large numbers of eggs at once. That's why we say something can spawn ideas or problems — it 'gives rise' to many new things.