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verb
- 1. obtain something from (a specified source): "they derived great comfort from this assurance" Similar
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The meaning of DERIVE is to take, receive, or obtain especially from a specified source. How to use derive in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Derive.
verb. uk / dɪˈraɪv / us / dɪˈraɪv / derive something from something. Add to word list. C1. to get something from something else: The institute derives all its money from foreign investments. See more. Phrasal verb. derive from something. (Definition of derive from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Derive definition: to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).. See examples of DERIVE used in a sentence.
If you want to talk about something that comes from something else, but you want to sound sophisticated and maybe financial or scientific, use derive, like so: That scent? It's derived from a solution of roses boiled with toothpicks.
To get or receive (something) from a source. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To trace from or to a source; show the derivation of. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To obtain or produce (a compound) from another compound by replacing one element with one or more other elements. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
If you derive something such as pleasure or benefit from a person or from something, you get it from them. [ formal ] Mr Ying is one of those happy people who derive pleasure from helping others.
de·rive. (dĭ-rīv′) v. de·rived, de·riv·ing, de·rives. v.tr. 1. a. To obtain or receive from a source: a dance that is derived from the samba; confidence that is derived from years of experience. b. Chemistry To produce or obtain (a compound) from another substance by chemical reaction.
verb. us / dɪˈraɪv / uk / dɪˈraɪv / derive something from something. Add to word list. C1. to get something from something else: The institute derives all its money from foreign investments. See more. Phrasal verb. derive from something. (Definition of derive from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Definition of derive verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. If you derive something such as pleasure or benefit from a person or from something, you get it from them. [formal] [...] 2. If you say that something such as a word or feeling derives or is derived from something else, you mean that it comes from that thing. [...] More. Conjugations of 'derive' present simple: I derive, you derive [...]
