ALL meanings of derive
de·rive
D d - verb derive If you derive something such as pleasure or benefit from a person or from something, you get it from them. 3
- verb derive 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. 3
- verb derive to draw or be drawn (from) in source or origin; trace or be traced 3
- verb derive to deduce; infer 3
- verb derive to trace the source or development of 3
- verb derive to produce or be produced (from) by a chemical reaction 3
- verb derive to obtain (a function) by applying a sequence of steps 3
- verb transitive derive to get or receive (something) from a source 3
- verb transitive derive to get by reasoning; deduce or infer 3
- verb transitive derive to trace from or to a source; show the derivation of 3
- verb transitive derive to obtain or produce (a compound) from another compound by replacing one element with one or more other elements 3
- intransitive verb derive to come (from); be derived; originate 3
- verb with object derive to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from). 1
- verb with object derive to trace from a source or origin: English words derived from German. 1
- verb with object derive to reach or obtain by reasoning; deduce; infer. 1
- verb with object derive Chemistry. to produce or obtain (a substance) from another. 1
- verb with object derive Grammar. to create (a new linguistic form) by adding affixes to or changing the shape of a root or base: The word “runner” is derived from “run.”. 1
- verb without object derive to come from a source or origin; originate (often followed by from). 1
- intransitive verb derive word: develop from 1
- intransitive verb derive have as origin 1
- transitive verb derive obtain 1
- noun derive Obtain something from (a specified source). 1
- verb derive (Transitive Verb) To obtain or receive (something) from something else. 0
- verb derive (Transitive Verb) (logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning. 0
- verb derive (Transitive Verb) (linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase). 0
- verb derive (Transitive Verb) (chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction. 0
- verb derive (Intransitive Verb) To originate or stem (from). 0
- verb derive To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels. 0