Beget is an English word with synonyms like get or engender. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Beget meaning
- To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.
- To cause; to produce; to bring forth.
- To get or obtain.
Using Beget
- The main meaning on this page is: To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire. | To cause; to produce; to bring forth. | To get or obtain.
- Useful related words include: get, engender, father, mother.
- In the example corpus, beget often appears in combinations such as: beget more, will beget, to beget.
Context around Beget
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Beget
- In this selection, "beget" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, guns, fear, eights, seventy, children and fear stand out and add context to how "beget" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include beget fear beget more guns and but will beget a line. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "beget" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with beget
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Guns beget fear beget more guns. (6 words)
Tougher times will beget sterner realities. (6 words)
In theory, GDP growth should beget more GDP growth. (9 words)
A shorter version of the table consists of only forty-five sentences, as terms such as "nine eights beget seventy-two" are identical to "eight nines beget seventy-two" so there is no need to learn them twice. (38 words)
Though, like all things which God has made, the yetzer hara (evil inclination) can be manipulated into doing good: for without it, man would never marry, beget a child, build a house, or occupy himself in a trade. (38 words)
The obligation to honor their older brothers temporarily exempts them from the mitzvah to beget children (Responsa maintain that younger brothers are only obliged to honor their firstborn older brother (see Responsa 6:29). (34 words)
Example sentences (16)
Guns beget fear beget more guns.
A shorter version of the table consists of only forty-five sentences, as terms such as "nine eights beget seventy-two" are identical to "eight nines beget seventy-two" so there is no need to learn them twice.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s always fun to ride strength hoping that it will beget even more strength.
If you have children, you might like going around the table and talking about highs and lows of the day, or other such questions that beget good conversation.
One of the exciting things is that liquidity tends to beget more liquidity.
Tougher times will beget sterner realities.
The obligation to honor their older brothers temporarily exempts them from the mitzvah to beget children (Responsa maintain that younger brothers are only obliged to honor their firstborn older brother (see Responsa 6:29).
There are a lot of event-driven hedge funds in this security, possibly using some leverage, and selling may have beget selling.
In theory, GDP growth should beget more GDP growth.
That gig became an all-out event, and that event beget one of Macon’s most beloved and successful annual musical traditions, Bragg Jam.
Yet these increments in salaries, which in most cases are not backed by increased productivity, will inevitably lead to the wage-price spiral, where further salary rises beget even steeper increases in prices.
Banquo, skeptical of the witches, challenges them to predict his own future, and they foretell that Banquo will never himself take the throne, but will beget a line of kings.
It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah (God) that He beget a son.
The Book of Genesis narrates that God promised Hagar to beget from Ishmael twelve princes and turn him to a great nation.
There is, however, clear evidence in the Testimony of Truth that followers of Simon did, in fact, get married and beget children, so a general tendency to asceticism can likewise be ruled out.
Though, like all things which God has made, the yetzer hara (evil inclination) can be manipulated into doing good: for without it, man would never marry, beget a child, build a house, or occupy himself in a trade.
Common combinations with beget
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- beget more 3×
- will beget 3×
- to beget 3×
- beget seventy-two 2×
- beget even 2×
- beget children 2×