generative
Meaning of generative
- relating to or capable of production or reproduction.
the female reproductive system and its generative cycles
- denoting an approach to any field of linguistics that involves applying a finite set of rules to linguistic input in order to produce all and only the well-formed items of a language.
generative phonology
late Middle English: from late Latin generativus, from generare ‘beget’ (see generate).
Information about generative
- It is an adjective.
- Languages in which generative is used:
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Hyphenation of generative
gen-er-a-tive
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- generative is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
generative synonyms
Meaning productive:
Meaning procreative:
Words that rhyme with generative
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