Direct
Engender
Engender verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Direct and engender are semantically related in generate topic. Sometimes you can use "Direct" instead a verb "Engender".
Nearby Word: engendering
Common collocations
| people | direct people | engender people |
Both words in one sentence
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Notable in the soap genre for several reasons: It is one of the few American soaps to engender a spin-off (two direct spin-offs, Somerset and Texas), and one indirect spin-off (Friends and Lovers/For Richer, For Poorer).
Source: Series / Another World
Cite this Source
Engender and Direct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/engender
Direct & Engender. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/engender>.
Engender or Direct. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/engender.
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