generative
gb/d͡ʒˈɛnɚɪtɪv/ us/d͡ʒˈɛnɚɪtɪv/
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English
generatív, termékeny
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TECHNICAL
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generatív
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Usage pattern:
generative [model/tool/system/AI]
The company added generative features that can write product descriptions from a few keywords.
A vállalat olyan generatív funkciókat adott hozzá, amelyek néhány kulcsszó alapján termékleírásokat tudnak írni.
Generative image tools can produce realistic pictures from text prompts.
A generatív képalkotó eszközök szöveges promptokból valósághű képeket tudnak létrehozni.
Researchers are testing a generative model that creates short video clips.
Learner examples
This app has a generative tool for making images.
Ez az alkalmazás tartalmaz egy generatív eszközt képek készítéséhez.
Generative AI can write a first draft quickly.
A generatív MI gyorsan meg tud írni egy első vázlatot.
Common mistake:
Do not use generative for all AI; it usually refers to AI that produces new outputs, not just AI that classifies or analyzes data.
Meaning
AI that creates content
Collocations
generative AI
|generative model
|generative tool
|generative system
|generative chatbot
|generative technology
|generative algorithm
|generative image model
|generative output
|generative software
Synonyms
content-generating (More explicit and usually limited to software or AI.)
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creative (Broader and more human; can suggest originality rather than automated output.)
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productive (More general; means producing things, not necessarily digital content.)
Antonyms
discriminative (In machine learning, classifies or distinguishes rather than generates new examples.)
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non-generative (Simply means not producing new outputs.)
Themes
artificial_intelligence
|technology
|media
|software
Definition
A generative AI tool or model can make new content, such as text, pictures, music, or code.
Able to create new text, images, audio, code, or other content, typically by using a trained artificial-intelligence model.
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FORMAL
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termékeny
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Usage pattern:
a generative [conversation/process/question/approach]; generative of [something]
The workshop was most generative when participants started challenging each other's assumptions.
A műhelymunka akkor volt a legtermékenyebb, amikor a résztvevők elkezdték megkérdőjelezni egymás feltételezéseit.
A small amount of disagreement can be generative if the group handles it well.
Egy kis nézeteltérés is lehet termékeny, ha a csoport jól kezeli.
Her research treats failure as a generative part of the learning process.
Learner examples
The meeting was generative and gave us many new ideas.
A megbeszélés termékeny volt, és sok új ötletet adott nekünk.
Good questions can be generative.
A jó kérdések termékenyek lehetnek.
Common mistake:
Generative is often more formal than creative or productive, and it usually describes a process, question, discussion, or approach.
Meaning
productive and idea-creating
Collocations
generative conversation
|generative process
|generative question
|generative approach
|generative tension
|generative framework
|generative potential
|generative capacity
|generative force
|generative idea
Synonyms
productive (More common and practical; focuses on producing results.)
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fruitful (Suggests a successful or useful result, especially from discussion or research.)
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creative (Focuses more on imagination or originality.)
Antonyms
unproductive (Does not produce useful results.)
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sterile (Formal; suggests producing no new ideas or development.)
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stifling (Actively prevents creativity or growth.)
Themes
creativity
|ideas
|business
|education
Definition
Something generative helps new ideas, actions, or results develop.
Producing, causing, or stimulating new ideas, growth, discussion, or results.
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TECHNICAL
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generatív
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Usage pattern:
generative [grammar/linguistics/syntax/theory]
The course introduces students to basic ideas in generative grammar.
A kurzus bevezeti a hallgatókat a generatív nyelvtan alapfogalmaiba.
Generative linguistics aims to explain how speakers can understand sentences they have never heard before.
A generatív nyelvészet arra törekszik, hogy megmagyarázza, miként érthetik meg a beszélők azokat a mondatokat is, amelyeket még soha nem hallottak.
Her dissertation compares generative and usage-based approaches to syntax.
Learner examples
Generative grammar is a theory in linguistics.
A generatív nyelvtan egy nyelvészeti elmélet.
Common mistake:
In this sense, generative is a technical linguistic term; it is not about creative writing in general.
Meaning
rule-based sentence formation
Collocations
generative grammar
|generative linguistics
|generative syntax
|generative theory
|generative semantics
|generative approach
Synonyms
rule-generating (Explanatory rather than a standard technical synonym.)
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transformational-generative (More specific; often associated with Chomskyan grammar.)
Antonyms
non-generative (Does not use a generative rule-based model in this technical sense.)
Themes
linguistics
|grammar
|language
|academia
Definition
In linguistics, generative grammar studies the rules that let speakers make and understand sentences.
In linguistics, describing a grammar or theory that uses rules to account for the sentences a language can produce.
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TECHNICAL
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generatív
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Usage pattern:
generative [cell/organ/tissue/process]
In flowering plants, the generative cell divides to form sperm cells.
A virágos növényekben a generatív sejt osztódik, és hímivarsejteket hoz létre.
The article distinguishes between vegetative growth and generative development.
A cikk különbséget tesz a vegetatív növekedés és a generatív fejlődés között.
Older medical texts sometimes use generative to describe reproductive organs.
Learner examples
Generative cells are involved in reproduction.
A generatív sejtek a szaporodásban vesznek részt.
Common mistake:
This biological sense is uncommon in everyday English; reproductive is usually clearer.
Meaning
relating to reproduction
Collocations
generative cell
|generative tissue
|generative organ
|generative process
|generative nucleus
Synonyms
reproductive (More common in modern biology and everyday use.)
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procreative (More formal and focused on producing offspring.)
Antonyms
vegetative (In botany, relating to non-reproductive growth such as leaves and stems.)
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sterile (Unable to reproduce or produce offspring.)
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nonreproductive (Not involved in reproduction.)
Themes
biology
|reproduction
|botany
|medicine
Definition
In biology, generative means connected with reproduction or making new living cells.
Relating to the production of offspring, reproductive cells, or new living tissue.
Grammar
Dictionary form
generative
IPA
GB/d͡ʒˈɛnɚɪtɪv/
US/d͡ʒˈɛnɚɪtɪv/
Syllables & stress
gen - er - at - ive (4 syllables)
Stress on 1st syllable (gen)
Word forms
Adjective
- Base: generative
Expressions
generative adversarial network
1/d͡ʒˈɛnɚɪtɪv ˌædvɚsˈɛɹiəl nˈɛtwˌɚk/
fixed phrase
technical
competing neural network system
A generative adversarial network is an AI system where one part makes examples and another part judges them, helping the examples improve.
Examples
- The researchers used a generative adversarial network to create realistic faces.
- A generative adversarial network contains two models that compete during training.
- Early image-generation systems often relied on generative adversarial networks.
Learner examples
- A generative adversarial network can make realistic images.
generative ai
1/d͡ʒˈɛnɚɪtɪv ˈaɪ/
fixed phrase
AI that creates content
Generative AI is AI that makes new content, such as writing, pictures, music, or code.
Examples
- The team used generative AI to draft product descriptions, then edited them by hand.
- Generative AI can create an image from a short text prompt.
- Schools are discussing when students should be allowed to use generative AI for assignments.
Learner examples
- Generative AI can write text.
- She used generative AI to make a picture.
generative art
1/d͡ʒˈɛnɚɪtɪv ˈɑɹt/
fixed phrase
art made by systems
Generative art is art made with rules, code, or systems that help create the final work.
Examples
- The exhibition features generative art created with code and motion sensors.
- She writes small programs that produce colorful generative art.
- Some generative art changes every time the viewer opens it.
Learner examples
- He makes generative art with code.
- The picture is an example of generative art.
generative design
1/d͡ʒˈɛnɚɪtɪv dɪzˈaɪn/
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technical
algorithmic design process
Generative design uses software to create many possible designs from goals and limits that a designer gives it.
Examples
- The engineers used generative design to reduce the weight of the aircraft part.
- Generative design can suggest shapes that a human designer might not consider.
- The studio combines generative design with traditional architectural judgment.
Learner examples
- Generative design helped them make a lighter chair.
- The computer gave many options in the generative design process.
generative fill
1/d͡ʒˈɛnɚɪtɪv fˈɪl/
fixed phrase
AI image filling feature
Generative fill is an AI tool that fills part of a picture with new image content.
Examples
- She used generative fill to extend the background of the photo.
- The designer selected an empty area and applied generative fill.
- Generative fill added a realistic shadow under the object.
Learner examples
- I used generative fill to fix the picture.
- Generative fill added more sky.
generative grammar
1/d͡ʒˈɛnɚɪtɪv ɡɹˈæmɚ/
fixed phrase
technical
rule-based grammar theory
Generative grammar is a linguistic theory about the rules that let people make and understand sentences.
Examples
- Generative grammar became highly influential in twentieth-century linguistics.
- The professor explained how generative grammar treats sentence structure.
- Her research examines questions in generative grammar and language acquisition.
Learner examples
- Generative grammar is studied in linguistics.
generative model
1/d͡ʒˈɛnɚɪtɪv mˈɑdəl/
fixed phrase
technical
model that creates examples
A generative model is an AI or statistical model that can make new examples like the ones it learned from.
Examples
- The lab trained a generative model on thousands of medical images.
- A generative model can write sentences that resemble its training data.
- The paper compares a generative model with a discriminative classifier.
Learner examples
- This generative model makes new images.
- They trained a generative model on old songs.
generative music
1/d͡ʒˈɛnɚɪtɪv mjˈuzɪk/
fixed phrase
system-created evolving music
Generative music is music made with rules or systems that can change the sound as it plays.
Examples
- The installation plays generative music that never repeats in exactly the same way.
- He uses modular synthesizers to create generative music.
- The app produces calm generative music for meditation.
Learner examples
- The game uses generative music.
- Generative music can change each time you hear it.