Adjacent Words

Generative definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GEN'ERATIVE, a. Having the power of generating or propagating its own species.
1. Having the power of producing.
2. Prolific.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces" [syn: generative, productive] [ant: consumptive]
2: producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs" [syn: generative, procreative, reproductive]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century having the power or function of generating, originating, producing, or reproducing

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of or concerning procreation. 2 able to produce, productive. Phrases and idioms: generative grammar a set of rules whereby permissible sentences may be generated from the elements of a language. Etymology: ME f. OF generatif or LL generativus (as GENERATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Generative Gen"er*a*tive, a. [Cf. F. g['e]n['e]ratif.] Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. ``That generative particle.'' --Bentley.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If something is generative, it is capable of producing something or causing it to develop. (FORMAL) ...the generative power of the sun. ADJ 2. In linguistics, generative is used to describe linguistic theories or models which are based on the idea that a single set of rules can explain how all the possible sentences of a language are formed. (TECHNICAL) ADJ: ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

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