Meaning & use
Spawned
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Produced eggs or young, especially of fish, frogs, or shellfish; also, gave rise to or caused something to develop.
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The salmon spawned upstream in the same river where they hatched.
The film's success spawned a whole franchise of sequels.
A note on using this word
The literal biological sense is ancient, but the figurative use for anything that 'gives birth' to a trend, product, or problem is now just as common.
Words with a similar meaning
bredgeneratedproduced
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