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/ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv/(UK)
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/ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv/(UK) · /ˈd͡ʒɛnɹətɪv/(UK) · /d͡ʒəˈnɛɹətɪv/(UK) · /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv/(US) · [ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹəɾɪv](US) · /ˈd͡ʒɛnɹətɪv/(US) · [ˈd͡ʒɛnɹəɾɪv](US) · /d͡ʒəˈnɛɹətɪv/(US) · [d͡ʒəˈnɛɹəɾɪv](US) · /ˈd͡ʒenəɹətɪv/ · [ˈd͡ʒenəɹəɾɪv] · /dʒɛnəˈreʈɪv/

Definition of generative

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.
    “That generative particle.”
    “Of course, structures like those associated with (36) and (37) constitute only a tiny subset of the infinite set of well-formed sentence structures found in English. We can increase the Generative Capacity of our grammar ( = the set of structures which it generates) either by expanding the Lexicon on the one hand, or by expanding the Categorial Rules (i.e. Phrase Structure Rules) on the other.”
    “The document states that despite its ongoing advancements, generative AI is liable to the United States’s current copyright principles, which take a strict stance on what material—human- or machine-made—qualifies for protection.”
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adj

  1. Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.
    “That generative particle.”
    “Of course, structures like those associated with (36) and (37) constitute only a tiny subset of the infinite set of well-formed sentence structures found in English. We can increase the Generative Capacity of our grammar ( = the set of structures which it generates) either by expanding the Lexicon on the one hand, or by expanding the Categorial Rules (i.e. Phrase Structure Rules) on the other.”
    “The document states that despite its ongoing advancements, generative AI is liable to the United States’s current copyright principles, which take a strict stance on what material—human- or machine-made—qualifies for protection.”
  2. (euphemistic)Reproductive.
    “Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose.”
    “This ceremony seals the covenant in the flesh of the male generative organ.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin generobor. Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.…

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin generobor. Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yfbor. Middle English generatyve, generatyf, generatif English generative From Middle English generatyve, generatyf, generatif, equivalent to generate + -ive. Compare French génératif.

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