generative
- 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.
Origin of generative
Related Words for generative
seminal, imaginative, unusual, inventive, unconventional, creative, innovative, profitable, beneficial, useful, effective, prolific, dynamic, valuable, constructive, gratifying, rewarding, fertile, advantageous, vigorousExamples from the Web for generative
Contemporary Examples of generative
If a series is telling a story that matters to us, the loss of a main character can be jarring but generative.
Life After TV Death: How Shows Like ‘Game of Thrones’ Kill Your Favorite CharactersPhillip Maciak
April 15, 2014
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.
Historical Examples of generative
Such, then, is the singular sensitiveness of the generative system.
On the Genesis of SpeciesSt. George Mivart
There was no generative power in the pure activity of Thought.
Essays Towards a Theory of KnowledgeAlexander Philip
The fecund sap, their generative virtue, escapes and diminishes at every gleam.
The SeaJules Michelet
This is equally applicable when the generative organs or perinum are injured.
Sporting DogsFrank Townend Barton
Together they prefigured not only Wisdom and generative power, but evil as well.
The God-Idea of the AncientsEliza Burt Gamble
generative
- of or relating to the production of offspring, parts, etca generative cell
- capable of producing or originating
Word Origin and History for generative
generative
(jĕn′ər-ə-tĭv, -ə-rā′-)- Having the ability to originate, produce, or procreate.
- Of or relating to the production of offspring.