Generative

//ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.

    "That generative particle."

  2. 2
    Reproductive. euphemistic

    "Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose."

Adjective
  1. 1
    producing new life or offspring wordnet
  2. 2
    having the ability to produce or originate wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
creativeabiogeneticaboriginalbasalbasicbiogenetic

Example

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"Everything you post on Bluesky is used to train generative AI."

Etymology

From Middle English generatyve, generatyf, generatif, equivalent to generate + -ive. Compare French génératif.

Related phrases

generative AIgenerative actgenerative adversarial networkgenerative artificial intelligencegenerative grammargenerative lexicongenerative medicine

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