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I realized that work doesn't beget work. Good work begets work. So I got a lot more patient and stopped worrying about working all the time.
Brady Corbet

Meaning of "beget" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BEGET

Old English begietan; related to Old Saxon bigetan, Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan to find.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BEGET

beget  [bɪˈɡɛt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEGET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Beget is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb beget in English.

WHAT DOES BEGET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

beget

Human reproduction

Human reproduction is any form of sexual reproduction resulting in the conception of a child, typically involving sexual intercourse between a man and a woman. During sexual intercourse, the interaction between the male and female reproductive systems results in fertilization of the woman's ovum by the man's sperm, which after a gestation period is followed by childbirth. The fertilization of the ovum may nowadays be achieved by artificial insemination methods, which do not involve sexual intercourse.

Definition of beget in the English dictionary

The definition of beget in the dictionary is to father. Other definition of beget is to cause or create.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BEGET

PRESENT

Present
I beget
you beget
he/she/it begets
we beget
you beget
they beget
Present continuous
I am begetting
you are begetting
he/she/it is begetting
we are begetting
you are begetting
they are begetting
Present perfect
I have begotten
you have begotten
he/she/it has begotten
we have begotten
you have begotten
they have begotten
Present perfect continuous
I have been begetting
you have been begetting
he/she/it has been begetting
we have been begetting
you have been begetting
they have been begetting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I begot
you begot
he/she/it begot
we begot
you begot
they begot
Past continuous
I was begetting
you were begetting
he/she/it was begetting
we were begetting
you were begetting
they were begetting
Past perfect
I had begotten
you had begotten
he/she/it had begotten
we had begotten
you had begotten
they had begotten
Past perfect continuous
I had been begetting
you had been begetting
he/she/it had been begetting
we had been begetting
you had been begetting
they had been begetting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will beget
you will beget
he/she/it will beget
we will beget
you will beget
they will beget
Future continuous
I will be begetting
you will be begetting
he/she/it will be begetting
we will be begetting
you will be begetting
they will be begetting
Future perfect
I will have begotten
you will have begotten
he/she/it will have begotten
we will have begotten
you will have begotten
they will have begotten
Future perfect continuous
I will have been begetting
you will have been begetting
he/she/it will have been begetting
we will have been begetting
you will have been begetting
they will have been begetting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would beget
you would beget
he/she/it would beget
we would beget
you would beget
they would beget
Conditional continuous
I would be begetting
you would be begetting
he/she/it would be begetting
we would be begetting
you would be begetting
they would be begetting
Conditional perfect
I would have beget
you would have beget
he/she/it would have beget
we would have beget
you would have beget
they would have beget
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been begetting
you would have been begetting
he/she/it would have been begetting
we would have been begetting
you would have been begetting
they would have been begetting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you beget
we let´s beget
you beget
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to beget
Past participle
begotten
Present Participle
begetting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEGET


baguet
bæˈɡɛt
baguette
bæˈɡɛt
fire-and-forget
ˈfaɪəʳənfəˈɡɛt
forget
fəˈɡɛt
get
ɡɛt
overget
ˌəʊvəˈɡɛt
unbeget
ˌʌnbɪˈɡɛt
unget
ʌnˈɡɛt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEGET

beg
beg off
beg the question
begad
begall
began
begar
begat
begaze
begem
begetter
begetting
beggar
beggar-my-neighbour
beggar-ticks
beggar´s-lice
beggar´s-ticks
beggardom
beggarhood
beggarliness

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEGET

Atget
Bridget
budget
fidget
gadget
gorget
low-budget
midget
nontarget
nugget
Office of Management and Budget
on target
operating budget
Piaget
Puget
sales target
shoestring budget
target
the Budget
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Synonyms and antonyms of beget in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BEGET»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «beget» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of beget

Translation of «beget» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEGET

Find out the translation of beget to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of beget from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «beget» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

招致
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

engendrar
570 millions of speakers

English

beget
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैदा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انجب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

порождают
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gerar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পয়দা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

engendrer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lahir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zeugen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

生じさせる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

낳다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gây ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விளைவிக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाढवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yaratmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

generare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spłodzić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

породжують
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

naște
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γεννήσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verwek
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

avla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of beget

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEGET»

The term «beget» is regularly used and occupies the 86.287 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEGET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about beget

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4 QUOTES WITH «BEGET»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word beget.
1
Brady Corbet
I realized that work doesn't beget work. Good work begets work. So I got a lot more patient and stopped worrying about working all the time.
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James Heckman
Cognitive and character skills work together as dynamic complements; they are inseparable. Skills beget skills. More motivated children learn more. Those who are more informed usually make wiser decisions.
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Steven Rattner
Not surprisingly, troubled economic times often beget proselytizers of wacky, extreme ideas.
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
I open with a clock striking, to beget an awful attention in the audience - it also marks the time, which is four o clock in the morning, and saves a description of the rising sun, and a great deal about gilding the eastern hemisphere.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEGET»

Discover the use of beget in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to beget and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Good People Beget Good People: A Genealogy of the Frist Family
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William H. Frist, Shirley Wilson, 2003
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The Classified Bible: an Analysis of the Sacred Scriptures ...
The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eieezar, and lthamar. Eleazar beget Phinehas,l'hinehes beget Abishua. And Abishua beget Bukki, and Bukki beget Uzzi, And Uzzi, heget Zerehiah, and Zerehiah beget Meraioth, Mereioth beget ...
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The Gospel according to St. Matthew
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO S. MATTHEWV. -_¢_-CHAPTER I. TIIE book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham beget Isaac ; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob beget Judas and his brethren; ...
‎1849
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Ke Kauoha hou a ko kakou Haku e ola'i a Iesu Kristo: ua ...
2 "Abraham begat Isaac; and ° Isaac beget Jacob; and 'Jaeob begat Judas and his brethren; 3 And gJudas beget Phares and Zara of Thamar; and hPhares beget Esrom ; and Esrom beget Aram ; 4 And Aram began Aminadab; and Aminwdab ...
‎1860
5
Ke Kauoha Hou, etc. (The New Testament, etc.) Hawaiian & Eng
18, dzc. l Oiblii 2. 5, 9, 6w. 1 1 Sam. 16. 1. A: 17. 12. k 2 Samv 12. 24. l l Oihlii 8.10, he. In Nnlii 20. 21. 1 Oihlii3.13. I] Some read, Jon'ru Inga! Jakim, and Jalmn beget Jechoniaa. nSee l Oihlil 3. '. 15. v2 Nalii 24. 16. 61. sseaawe= =§59F§ ' - 9.8.
‎1859
6
The Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible: Or, How to ...
MW- ' CHAR I- And Methuselah livedllnl'ter he beget Lamech, 1 nm seven hundred eighty an two years and beget P ORDIAL GENEALOGY' sons and daughters. - — 26. ' And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two new. 1. non ADAM 'ro ...
‎1869
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Imagining Identity in New Spain: Race, Lineage, and the ...
Espafiol and india beget mestizo . Mestizo and espafiola beget castizo . Castizo and espariola beget espafiol . Espariola and negro beget mulato . Espariola and mulato beget morisco . Morisca and espafiol beget albino . Espariol and albina ...
Magali M. Carrera, 2010
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The Treasury of Prayer; a New Manual of Devotional ...
begot N nasson. And Nanseen beget Salmon. And Salmon begot Booz of Rehab. And Booz beget Obed of Ruth. And Obed beget Jesse. And Jesse begot David the king, And David the king begot Solomon, of her who had been the wife of ...
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Caribbean Diaspora in the Usa Diversity of Caribbean ...
Spaniard and Indian woman beget mestizo; 2. Mestizo and Spanish woman beget castizo; 3. Castizo woman and Spaniard beget Spaniard; 4. Spanish woman and Negro beget mulatto; 5. Spaniard and mulatto woman beget morisco; 6.
Bettina E. Schmidt, 2008
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Douay-Rheims Bible
I Now Benjamin beget Bale his firstborn, Asbel the second, Ahara the third, 2 Nohaa the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3 And the sons of Bale were Addar, and Gera, and Abiud, 4 And Abisue, and Naamar, and Ahoe, 5 And Gera, and Sephuphan, ...
Gregory Martin etal.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEGET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beget is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jeb Bush attacks the Obama-Clinton 'zombie economy'
Whether that sort of virtuous economic cycle — new business start-ups and investment beget more consumers and investors, who in turn fuel ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Evidence Of The Corporatization Of Pride Parade, In One Pie Chart
Though some may disagree with this perspective, arguing that mainstream acceptance and visibility beget acceptance and visibility, ... «Chicagoist, Jul 15»
3
Same-sex law must protect those with religious views
If she should miraculously allow two people of the same sex to beget children together, the activists would have a case. Until then they should ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
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A return of the Martin Mars water bomber?
The unfamiliar haze over Vancouver may beget a familiar solution: the Martin Mars water bombers, which doused B.C. wildfires for four ... «BCBusiness, Jul 15»
5
Brazil: Reduction in Age of Criminal Responsibility Jumps First Hurdle
... funds from arms companies and are also pushing lax gun law reforms) and “beget more violence” by turning youths into hardened criminals. «InSerbia News, Jul 15»
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Congressman Joe Heck's ventriloquist
With artificially low interest rates due to the Fed's ultra loose monetary policy, that tends to beget asset price bubbles. But I suspect there are a ... «WEBCommentary, Jul 15»
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Letters: Rule of law overruled by feelings
Now that this redefinition of marriage was accepted by our Supreme Court, Chemerinsky redefines the word procreate (produce, beget or bring ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
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Sports: Live-action lessons on life
Winning that doesn't beget work is cheap. Leading by example: The tone for a team is set by actions far more than words, especially among ... «World Magazine, Jul 15»
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Mlombwa decry high lending rates in Malawi
We want IBAM to beget not only millions but also billionaires,” said Mlombwa. He also hailed government, mainly President Peter Mutharika, ... «Nyasa Times, Jul 15»
10
Unsecured lending — regulated vs unregulated
It occurs to me that a personal loan from your private banker is also an unsecured loan — but somehow that doesn't beget the same level of ... «Rand Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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