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generative

gen·er·a·tive
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [jen-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv]
    • /ˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv/
    • /ˈdʒen.ər.ə.tɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [jen-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv]
    • /ˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv/

Definitions of generative word

  • adjective generative capable of producing or creating. 1
  • adjective generative pertaining to the production of offspring. 1
  • adjective generative Linguistics. of or relating to generative grammar. using rules to generate surface forms from underlying, abstract forms. 1
  • noun generative Relating to or capable of production or reproduction. 1
  • adjective generative capable of generating 1
  • adjective generative If something is generative, it is capable of producing something or causing it to develop. 0
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Origin of generative

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English < Middle French generatif, Late Latin generātīvus. See generate, -ive

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Parts of speech for Generative

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Generative

generative popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Synonyms for generative

adj generative

  • productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • lush — (of vegetation, plants, grasses, etc.) luxuriant; succulent; tender and juicy.
  • fruitful — producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations.
  • rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
  • abundant — Something that is abundant is present in large quantities.

adjective generative

  • multiplicative — tending to multiply or increase.
  • propagative — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
  • feracious — Producing in abundance; fertile, fruitful.
  • fresh — newly made or obtained: fresh footprints.
  • new — other than the former or the old: a new era; in the New World.
All 151 Synonyms of generative

Antonyms for generative

adj generative

  • impotent — not potent; lacking power or ability.
  • unproductive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • sparse — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
  • fruitless — useless; unproductive; without results or success: a fruitless search for the missing treasure.
  • infertile — not fertile; unproductive; sterile; barren: infertile soil.
All 56 Antonyms of generative

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Related words

  • generative semantics

    a theory of generative grammar holding that the deep structure of a sentence is equivalent to its semantic representation, from which the surface structure can then be derived using only one set of rules that relate underlying meaning and surface form rather than separate sets of semantic and syntactic rules.

  • productive

    having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.

  • autonomous syntax

    an approach of generative grammar in which the syntactic component of a grammar is viewed as existing or operating independently of the semantic component and abstract syntactic representation is not equivalent to semantic representation.

  • case grammar

    a system of grammatical description based on the functional relations that noun groups have to the main verb of a sentence

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