Meaning of "engender" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ENGENDER

From Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre, from generāre to beget.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ENGENDER

engender  [ɪnˈdʒɛndə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENGENDER

Engender 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 engender in English.

WHAT DOES ENGENDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Engender

Engender is an anti-sexist organisation operating in Scotland and other parts of Europe. According to their mission statement, they work "to make Scotland a fairer, safer place where women can flourish and contribute to both the social and market economies with dignity, freedom and justice." Engender's goals include increased public awareness of sexism and its detrimental effects on society, equal representation of women in government, and training women activists at the local level. Engender was founded in the early 1990s as a research and campaigning organisation. They are based in Edinburgh.

Definition of engender in the English dictionary

The definition of engender in the dictionary is to bring about or give rise to; produce or cause. Other definition of engender is to be born or cause to be born; bring or come into being.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ENGENDER

PRESENT

Present

I engender

you engender

he/she/it engenders

we engender

you engender

they engender

Present continuous

I am engendering

you are engendering

he/she/it is engendering

we are engendering

you are engendering

they are engendering

Present perfect

I have engendered

you have engendered

he/she/it has engendered

we have engendered

you have engendered

they have engendered

Present perfect continuous

I have been engendering

you have been engendering

he/she/it has been engendering

we have been engendering

you have been engendering

they have been engendering

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 engendered

you engendered

he/she/it engendered

we engendered

you engendered

they engendered

Past continuous

I was engendering

you were engendering

he/she/it was engendering

we were engendering

you were engendering

they were engendering

Past perfect

I had engendered

you had engendered

he/she/it had engendered

we had engendered

you had engendered

they had engendered

Past perfect continuous

I had been engendering

you had been engendering

he/she/it had been engendering

we had been engendering

you had been engendering

they had been engendering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will engender

you will engender

he/she/it will engender

we will engender

you will engender

they will engender

Future continuous

I will be engendering

you will be engendering

he/she/it will be engendering

we will be engendering

you will be engendering

they will be engendering

Future perfect

I will have engendered

you will have engendered

he/she/it will have engendered

we will have engendered

you will have engendered

they will have engendered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been engendering

you will have been engendering

he/she/it will have been engendering

we will have been engendering

you will have been engendering

they will have been engendering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would engender

you would engender

he/she/it would engender

we would engender

you would engender

they would engender

Conditional continuous

I would be engendering

you would be engendering

he/she/it would be engendering

we would be engendering

you would be engendering

they would be engendering

Conditional perfect

I would have engender

you would have engender

he/she/it would have engender

we would have engender

you would have engender

they would have engender

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been engendering

you would have been engendering

he/she/it would have been engendering

we would have been engendering

you would have been engendering

they would have been engendering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you engender
we let´s engender
you engender

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to engender

Past participle

engendered

Present Participle

engendering

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.

SYNONYMS OF «ENGENDER»

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

synonyms of engender

arouse · beget · breed · bring about · bring forth · cause · conceive · create · excite · father · foment · generate · give rise to · incite · induce · instigate · make · occasion · precipitate · procreate · produce · propagate · provoke · sire · spawn

TRANSLATION OF ENGENDER

Find out the translation of engender to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of engender from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «engender» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 引起
• Translator English - Spanish: engendrar
• English: engender
• Translator English - Hindi: पैदा
• Translator English - Arabic: تولد
• Translator English - Russian: порождают
• Translator English - Portuguese: engendrar
• Translator English - Bengali: প্রসব করা
• Translator English - French: susciter
• Translator English - Malay: Menghasilkan
• Translator English - German: erzeugen
• Translator English - Japanese: >生み出す
• Translator English - Korean: 발생시키다
• Translator English - Javanese: Enggo
• Translator English - Vietnamese: gây ra
• Translator English - Tamil: திண்மைகள்
• Translator English - Marathi: जन्म देणारा
• Translator English - Turkish: doğurmak
• Translator English - Italian: produrre
• Translator English - Polish: stwarzało
• Translator English - Ukrainian: породжують
• Translator English - Romanian: genera
• Translator English - Greek: γεννούν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: voortbring
• Translator English - Swedish: alstra
• Translator English - Norwegian: avle

3 QUOTES WITH «ENGENDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word engender.

1

Al Michaels

I think the Cowboys are one of only two teams in all of sports that engender love and hate to that extreme. The other is the Yankees. You love the Yankees or you hate the Yankees.

2

Edna O'Brien

Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire.

3

Michel Onfray

By aiming for paradise, we lose sight of earth. Hope of a beyond and aspiration to an afterlife engender a sense of futility in the present. If the prospect of getting taken up to paradise generates joy, it is the mindless joy of a baby picked up from his crib.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENGENDER»

Discover the use of engender in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to engender and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

What Gifts Engender: Social Relations and Politics in Mendi, ...

This book reveals how considerable light can be shed on Mendi society, particularly on its political economy, by examining both the well-known ceremonial exchange festivals and the hitherto relatively little-studied everyday gift-giving ...

Rena Lederman, 1986

Out of Africa: Fashola-Reinventing Servant Leadership to ...

This book focuses on the Servant Leadership practice as exemplified by Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State, Nigeria.

John M. O. Ekundayo, 2013

Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook

Presentations focused on the importance of integrating gender into the PRSP to achieve poverty reduction and tools to engender the PRSP. Participants practiced using these PRSP engendering tools through a teamwork exercise to engender ...

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The Winning Argument

Engender Goodwill. Understand what makes a person "likable." Another factor in ethos is what Aristotle referred to as goodwill and some modern scholars have called "likability." If a listener feels goodwill toward you as a speaker, research ...

Ronald J. Waicukauski, Paul Mark Sandler, JoAnne A. Epps, 2001

Women Thinking Equality: The Suming Up

Between May 2008 and March 2009 Engender facilitated the coming together of a group of women to reflect on equalities from a gendered perspective. This is the resulting report of the Women Thinking Equality project.

Engender (Organization : Scotland), 2010

Politics of Touch: Sense, Movement, Sovereignty

"Engender" stems from the Middle English engendren, from Middle French engendrer, from Latin ingenerare, from in- + generare, to generate, dating back to the fourteenth century. To engender is to undertake a reworking of form. To engender ...

Erin Manning, 2007

English Verb Classes and Alternations: A Preliminary ...

Engender. Verbs. Class Members: beget, cause, create, engender, generate, shape, ... 28 Calve Verbs References: Bladin(1911),E.V.ClarkandH.H.Clark(1979 ),Duszak(1980), Hale and Keyser (1991, 1992), Section 27 179 Engender Verbs.

Beth Levin, 1993

A Qualitative Study of Trust and the Superintendency

Most people realize trust is essential to functioning effectively in society, organizations, and individual relationships.

Olwen Elizabeth Herron, 2009

Remembering Victoria: A Tragic Nahuat Love Story

She said: “Well, if you engender a child, you love him. And if you do not engender him, you don't love him.” By engender, Antonia meant create, form, socialize, or educate. Antonia and other Nahuat engender their children with a combination ...

James M. Taggart, 2007

The Elements of Academic Research

If one has negative feelings about making a presentation, then the probability of negative action (i.e., a poor presentation) increases, and the negative action will engender negative feelings for future presentations. It can be a vicious cycle, but  ...

Richard H. Mccuen

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENGENDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term engender is used in the context of the following news items.

The good news for the GOP on Trump, gay marriage and the …

If your goal is to engender more electoral support from black Americans, though, defending a symbol that 72 percent of black CNN respondents ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

Our view: Is BP settlement a good deal for Alabama? We think not

The fact that a veil of secrecy surrounds the proposed settlement does little to engender confidence or generate support among coastal ... «AL.com, Jul 15»

Master recording of Emperor's WWII surrender speech to be released

Beware most strictly of any outbursts of emotion which may engender needless complications, or any fraternal contention and strife which may ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»

How Scottish firm EnerMech is doing its bit for diversity

We anticipate this will bring a benefit to both parties and engender some loyalty to the business. It is also a way of increasing awareness within ... «The Engineer, Jul 15»

Guns aren't the problem in Chicago—the criminals shooting them are

The enactment of progressively onerous gun control laws has served only to engender new and creative marketing practices on the part of ... «Crain's Chicago Business, Jul 15»

Ofsted brings in short inspections assuming schools are 'good'

This should engender an atmosphere in which honest, challenging, professional dialogue can take place. “This will be an open process. «getreading, Jul 15»

Contests & Free Stuff

... where Fringe productions were taking place, was the masterstroke that helped engender a sense of community that felt unique to Fringe. «Washington City Paper, Jul 15»

Free Will Astrology

I think that you can engender inspirational results by making it an ongoing meditation. There are people in a good position to provide you with ... «Creative Loafing Atlanta, Jul 15»

Some of World's Best Art Is Made in Cuba

In addition, the multiple dualities in Cuban reality engender a creative tension which can lead to unique forms of artistic expression, found in ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Don't bypass campuses for 2016 presidential debates

... interaction of citizen with citizen, leader with voter, advocate with media is what creates the excitement only a national election can engender. «Newsday, Jul 15»