generativegen‧e‧ra‧tive /ˈdʒenərətɪv/ adjective formal - Knowledge gained from research is often dynamic and generative.
- Genes cooperate with, and add variety to, the themes in the generative field of each organism.
- In either case, the term lacks the generative force to stimulate investigation and to produce verifiable hypotheses.
- The only part left was the male role of sacrifice; the generative power of women's tears was excluded.
- The rewrite rule is an effective method of representing the rules of a generative grammar.
- Thinking almost always has an emotional, generative aspect and a categorizing aspect.
- Under these conditions generative reproduction is very laborious but extremely productive.
NOUN► grammar· Instead they believe that it is Sampson's generative grammar formulation that is at fault.· The rewrite rule is an effective method of representing the rules of a generative grammar.· There are applications for which a generative grammar would be better suited than a probabilistic one.
► generative grammar/linguistics/phonology- In generative phonology, the claim is that, at the abstract level, vowels are simply tense or lax.
- Instead they believe that it is Sampson's generative grammar formulation that is at fault.
- The rewrite rule is an effective method of representing the rules of a generative grammar.
- There are applications for which a generative grammar would be better suited than a probabilistic one.
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