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Meaning of 'derive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Derive [ v. i.]
- To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced.
2 . Derive [ v. t.]
- To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon.
- To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.
- To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.
- To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.

Meaning of 'derive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . derive [ v]
Meaning (1):
- obtain
Example in sentence:
  • derive pleasure from one's garden
Meaning (2):
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
Example in sentence:
  • he comes from humble origins;
  • She was descended from an old Italian noble family
Meaning (3):
- come from
Example in sentence:
  • The present name derives from an older form

Nearby Words:

deracinate deracinated deracinating deraign deraignment derail derailed derailing derailment derain

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