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generative
[ jen-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv ]
adjective
- capable of producing or creating.
- pertaining to the production of offspring.
- Linguistics.
- of or relating to generative grammar.
- using rules to generate surface forms from underlying, abstract forms.
generative
/ ˈdʒɛnərətɪv /
adjective
- of or relating to the production of offspring, parts, etc
a generative cell
- capable of producing or originating
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Other Words From
- gener·a·tive·ly adverb
- gener·a·tive·ness noun
- inter·gener·a·tive adjective
- non·gener·ative adjective
- un·gener·a·tive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of generative1
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Example Sentences
If a series is telling a story that matters to us, the loss of a main character can be jarring but generative.
He called the rules of this device universal grammar, and his method of studying the rules he called generative grammar.
I sensed that I found a symbol for generative grammar, and I worked on the [theory of] recursivity in my animation.
So, geometry elaborates a lot on recursivity in generative grammar.
The cash-generative printing division had about $25 billion of sales.
The generative facts which created them are the same which are always in operation about us.
It was also said to indicate a union of Osiris and Isis, and was regarded as a symbol of the generative principle of nature.
Others have recognized it as representing the generative principle of mankind, making it the symbol of the female.
At one time the symbolism is broad, and refers to generative nature in general.
At another time it refers solely to the human generative organs.
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