[ˈdʒɛn(ə)rətɪv], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to or capable of production or reproduction
(e.g: 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
(e.g: generative phonology)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin generativus, from generare ‘beget’ (see generate)