adjective
- capable of producing or creating.
- pertaining to the production of offspring.
- Linguistics.
- of or relating to generative grammar.
- using rules to generate surface forms from underlying, abstract forms.
adjective
- of or relating to the production of offspring, parts, etca generative cell
- capable of producing or originating
early 15c., from generate + -ive. Use in linguistics is attested by 1959. Related: Generativity.
adj.
- Having the ability to originate, produce, or procreate.
- Of or relating to the production of offspring.