generative.

Capable of producing, generating or giving rise to forms, structures or outcomes.

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Words that belong together

• generative process
• generative model

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The generative process produced several possible forms from the stated constraints.

The generative model created candidate outputs that still required independent evaluation.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Relational or capacity adjective; compare degree only where a meaningful capacity to generate is intended. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: definition, institutional analysis, scope assessment, comparison. Disciplines: academic writing, conceptual explanation, language and computing. Commonness: moderately common.