MEANING
1. To obtain something from a source or through reasoning from prior information.
2. To come from a particular source or origin.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- derive a conclusion
- derive a formula
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Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- derive
- Past tense
- derived
- Past participle
- derived
- Present participle
- deriving
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- derive
- Present continuous
- am/is/are deriving
- Present perfect
- have/has derived
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been deriving
- Past
- derived
- Past continuous
- was/were deriving
- Past perfect
- had derived
- Past perfect continuous
- had been deriving
- Future
- will derive
- Future continuous
- will be deriving
- Future perfect
- will have derived
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been deriving
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Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: derive; derives; derived; derived; deriving 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: claim, evidence, interpretation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: derives.
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