derive
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English deriven, from Old French deriver, from Latin derivare (“to lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive”), from de (“away”) + rivus (“a stream”); see rival.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
derive (third-person singular simple present derives, present participle deriving, simple past and past participle derived)
- (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
- 2013 July-August, Sarah Glaz, “Ode to Prime Numbers”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
- Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.
- (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
- (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
- (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
- (intransitive) To originate or stem (from).
- 2012 January 1, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 31:
- As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
- To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
- (Can we date this quote?) Holland
- For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] derive it by other drains.
- (Can we date this quote?) Holland
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
obtain (something) from something else
deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning
find the derivation of (a word or phrase)
create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction
originate (from)
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Further reading[edit]
- derive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- derive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams[edit]
Asturian[edit]
Verb[edit]
derive
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
derive f pl
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
derive
- inflection of derivar:
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
derive
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