Compound
Compound verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
Generate and compound are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Generate" instead a verb "Compound".
Nearby Words: compounded, compounding
Common collocations
| sense | compound sense | generate sense |
| amount | compound amount | generate amount |
| electricity | compound electricity | generate electricity |
| damage | compound damage | generate damage |
Both words in one sentence
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A compound found by drilling in the ocean that apparently can be used to generate electric power.
Source: Unobtainium
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Generate and Compound. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compound/generate
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Generate or Compound. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compound/generate.
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