generative
pronunciation
How to pronounce generative in British English:
UK [ˈdʒenərətɪv]
How to pronounce generative in American English:
US [ˈdʒenərətɪv]
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- Adjective:
- having the ability to produce or originate
- producing new life or offspring
Word Origin
- generative (adj.)
- late 14c., "reproductive, pertaining to propagation," from generate + -ive. Use in linguistics is attested by 1959. Related: Generativity.
Example
- 1. The singapore exchange is under-leveraged compared with its peers , and is highly cash generative .
- 2. But what I want to suggest is that the generative process itself might be pretty close to random .
- 3. However , this might also be related to the differences in the metabolic patterns in the vegetative or generative buds .
- 4. Generative grammar and the study of chinese grammar .
- 5. Being " actual entity " in the generative process of sculptures , sculptural drafts are concretely manifesting the main phases of sculptural creation .