The meaning of DERIVE is to take, receive, or obtain especially from a specified source.

DERIVED definition: received, obtained, or arising from a particular source or in a particular way. See examples of derived used in a sentence.

Evidence is research findings derived from the systematic collection of data through observation and experiment and the formulation of questions and testing of hypotheses. It was the original prototype …

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.

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 …

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 …

DERIVE meaning: 1 : to take or get (something) from (something else) often used as (be) derived; 2 : to have something as a source to come from something

Definition of derive verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

to come from or trace from a source or origin: [ ~ + obj + from + obj]: We can derive the word deduct from Latin.[ ~ + from + obj]: The word deduct derives from Latin. de•rive (di rīv′), v., -rived, -riv•ing. to …

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