"derive" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈɹaɪv/ Audio: en-us-derive.ogg Forms: derives [present, singular, third-person], deriving [participle, present], derived [participle, past], derived [past]
Rhymes: -aɪv Etymology: From Middle English deriven, from Old French deriver, from Latin dērīvō (“to lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive”), from dē (“away”) + rīvus (“a stream”); see rival. Unrelated to arrive. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|deriven}} Middle English deriven, {{der|en|fro|deriver}} Old French deriver, {{der|en|la|dērīvō||to lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive}} Latin dērīvō (“to lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} derive (third-person singular simple present derives, present participle deriving, simple past and past participle derived)
  1. (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else. Tags: transitive Translations (obtain (something) from something else): λαμβάνω ἐκ (lambánō ek) [with-genitive] (Ancient Greek), استمد (Arabic), ստանալ (stanal) (Armenian), добивам (dobivam) (Bulgarian), че́рпя (čérpja) (note: of wisdom, inspiration, strength) [usually] (Bulgarian), derivar (Catalan), získat (Czech), afleiden (Dutch), tuletama (Estonian), johtaa (Finnish), tirer (French), trouver (French), erlangen (German), veittää (Ingrian), fluere (Latin), fluo (Latin), orior (Latin), avlede (Norwegian Bokmål), آریکدن (Persian), derivar (Portuguese), deriva (Romanian), derivar (Spanish), avleda (Swedish), uppnå (Swedish), sağlamak (Turkish), türetmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-derive-en-verb-X-SxWejh Disambiguation of 'obtain (something) from something else': 58 9 7 11 12 3
  2. (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Logic Translations (deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning): استنتج (Arabic), բխեցնել (bxecʻnel) (Armenian), հանգել (hangel) (Armenian), եզրակացնել (ezrakacʻnel) (Armenian), извличам (izvličam) (Bulgarian), odvodit (Czech), udlede (Danish), afleiden (Dutch), deduceren (Dutch), tuletama (Estonian), johtaa (Finnish), päätellä (Finnish), déduire (French), conclure (French), herleiten (German), ableiten (German), آریکدن (Persian), deduzir (Portuguese), härleda (Swedish), elde etmek (Turkish), ôfliede (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-derive-en-verb-Cp3AMD-T Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning': 1 94 2 1 1 1
  3. (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (find the derivation of (a word or phrase)): պարզել ծագումը (parzel cagumə) (Armenian), udlede (Danish), afleiden (Dutch), dériver (French), herleiten (German), ableiten (German), derivare (Italian), gigno (Latin), derivar (Portuguese), türetmek (Turkish), ôfliede (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-derive-en-verb-0Y8970nK Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'find the derivation of (a word or phrase)': 2 3 92 1 1 1
  4. (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction): ստանալ (stanal) (Armenian), добивам (dobivam) (Bulgarian), derivar (Catalan), udlede (Danish), afleiden (Dutch), dériver (French), ableiten (German), derivare (Italian), proficīscor (Latin), origo proficīscor (Latin), derivar (Portuguese), derivar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-derive-en-verb-gP6T1cgp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 17 22 35 8 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 14 15 36 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 8 17 16 35 11 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 7 18 19 32 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 9 15 17 33 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 14 22 31 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 15 17 33 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 19 18 30 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 7 12 15 47 7 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 15 17 32 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 9 14 17 39 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 9 15 17 33 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 15 17 33 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 15 18 32 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 14 16 37 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 18 15 38 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 9 15 17 38 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 14 17 39 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 9 14 17 39 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 9 15 17 33 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 9 15 18 31 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 9 15 17 32 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 15 17 33 9 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 9 15 17 33 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 14 17 39 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 16 15 36 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 15 17 33 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 9 15 17 33 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 8 13 18 31 13 17 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction': 3 1 1 90 4 1
  5. (intransitive) To originate or stem (from). Tags: intransitive Translations (originate (from)): սերել (serel) (Armenian), ծագել (cagel) (Armenian), առաջանալ (aṙaǰanal) (Armenian), սկիզբ առնել (skizb aṙnel) (Armenian), произхождам (proizhoždam) (Bulgarian), derivar (Catalan), opstå (Danish), ontstaan (Dutch), deveni (Esperanto), dériver (French), découler (note: from - de) (French), abstammen (German), kommen von [colloquial] (German), προέρχομαι (proérchomai) (Greek), origo proficīscor (Latin), fluo (Latin), a ducor (Latin), ex ducor (Latin), e ducor (Latin), ab orior (Latin), orior ex (Latin), orior e (Latin), ab mano (Latin), a mano (Latin), mano ex (Latin), take (Maori), pūtake (Maori), derivar (Portuguese), происходи́ть (proisxodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), произойти́ (proizojtí) [perfective] (Russian), derivar (Spanish), türemek (Turkish), ôfstamje (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-derive-en-verb-D1cYHhLa Disambiguation of 'originate (from)': 15 6 3 16 58 2
  6. To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
    Sense id: en-derive-en-verb-czpng72O
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “Relates How Mr. Pickwick, with the Assistance of Samuel Weller, Essayed to Soften the Heart of Mr. Benjamin Allen, and to Mollify the Wrath of Mr. Robert Sawyer”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC, page 508:",
          "text": "Bob the aforesaid, and his present chances of deriving a competent independence from the honourable profession to which he had devoted himself.",
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          "ref": "2013 July-August, Sarah Glaz, “Ode to Prime Numbers”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "(transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else."
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          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
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          "word": "استمد"
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          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
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          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "derivar"
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          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "získat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "afleiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "tuletama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "johtaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "tirer"
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        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "trouver"
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          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "erlangen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "lambánō ek",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "λαμβάνω ἐκ"
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          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "veittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "fluere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "fluo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "orior"
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          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "avlede"
        },
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          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "آریکدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "derivar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "deriva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "derivar"
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          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "avleda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "uppnå"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
          "word": "sağlamak"
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        {
          "_dis1": "58 9 7 11 12 3",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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          "word": "استنتج"
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "bxecʻnel",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "բխեցնել"
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          "roman": "hangel",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "հանգել"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "եզրակացնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "извличам"
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        {
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "odvodit"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "udlede"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "afleiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "deduceren"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "tuletama"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "johtaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "päätellä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "déduire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "conclure"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "herleiten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "ableiten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "آریکدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "deduzir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "härleda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "elde etmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
          "word": "ôfliede"
        }
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          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "en:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
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            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To find the derivation of (a word or phrase)."
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      "links": [
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        [
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        [
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 92 1 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
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        "English transitive verbs"
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        {
          "ref": "1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “Relates How Mr. Pickwick, with the Assistance of Samuel Weller, Essayed to Soften the Heart of Mr. Benjamin Allen, and to Mollify the Wrath of Mr. Robert Sawyer”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC, page 508:",
          "text": "Bob the aforesaid, and his present chances of deriving a competent independence from the honourable profession to which he had devoted himself.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 July-August, Sarah Glaz, “Ode to Prime Numbers”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To obtain or receive (something) from something else."
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          "obtain"
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          "receive",
          "receive"
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        "(transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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        "To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning."
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          "deduce",
          "deduce"
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          "reasoning"
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        "(transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "logic",
        "mathematics",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
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      ],
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        "To find the derivation of (a word or phrase)."
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          "linguistics"
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          "derivation"
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          "word"
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        "(transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase)."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
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        "To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction."
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          "create"
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        "(transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction."
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        "transitive"
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        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
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          "text": "her excellent organisation skills derive from her time as a secretary in the army",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 273:",
          "text": "Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Peter Morville, Jeffery Callender, Search Patterns: Design for Discovery:",
          "text": "Today, popularity is typically a multialgorithmic measure. At Flickr, a photo's interestingness derives from views, comments, notes, bookmarks, favorites...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 January 7, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 31:",
          "text": "As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To originate or stem (from)."
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          "originate"
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          "stem"
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        "(intransitive) To originate or stem (from)."
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        {
          "ref": "Book 33",
          "text": "For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] deriue it by other drains."
        }
      ],
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        "To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels."
      ],
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          "divert"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "استمد"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "stanal",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "ստանալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dobivam",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "добивам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "note": "of wisdom, inspiration, strength",
      "roman": "čérpja",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "че́рпя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "derivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "získat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "afleiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "tuletama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "johtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "tirer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "trouver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "erlangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "lambánō ek",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "tags": [
        "with-genitive"
      ],
      "word": "λαμβάνω ἐκ"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "veittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "fluere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "fluo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "orior"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "avlede"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "آریکدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "derivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "deriva"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "derivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "avleda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "uppnå"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "sağlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "obtain (something) from something else",
      "word": "türetmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "استنتج"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bxecʻnel",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "բխեցնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hangel",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "հանգել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ezrakacʻnel",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "եզրակացնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izvličam",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "извличам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "odvodit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "udlede"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "afleiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "deduceren"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "tuletama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "johtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "päätellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "déduire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "conclure"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "herleiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "ableiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "آریکدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "deduzir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "härleda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "elde etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning",
      "word": "ôfliede"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "parzel cagumə",
      "sense": "find the derivation of (a word or phrase)",
      "word": "պարզել ծագումը"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "find the derivation of (a word or phrase)",
      "word": "udlede"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "find the derivation of (a word or phrase)",
      "word": "afleiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "find the derivation of (a word or phrase)",
      "word": "dériver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "find the derivation of (a word or phrase)",
      "word": "herleiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "find the derivation of (a word or phrase)",
      "word": "ableiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "find the derivation of (a word or phrase)",
      "word": "derivare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "find the derivation of (a word or phrase)",
      "word": "gigno"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "find the derivation of (a word or phrase)",
      "word": "derivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "find the derivation of (a word or phrase)",
      "word": "türetmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "find the derivation of (a word or phrase)",
      "word": "ôfliede"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "stanal",
      "sense": "create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction",
      "word": "ստանալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dobivam",
      "sense": "create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction",
      "word": "добивам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction",
      "word": "derivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction",
      "word": "udlede"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction",
      "word": "afleiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction",
      "word": "dériver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction",
      "word": "ableiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction",
      "word": "derivare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction",
      "word": "proficīscor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction",
      "word": "origo proficīscor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction",
      "word": "derivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction",
      "word": "derivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "serel",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "սերել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cagel",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "ծագել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aṙaǰanal",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "առաջանալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "skizb aṙnel",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "սկիզբ առնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "proizhoždam",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "произхождам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "derivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "opstå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "ontstaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "deveni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "dériver"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "from - de",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "découler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "abstammen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "kommen von"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "proérchomai",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "προέρχομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "origo proficīscor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "fluo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "a ducor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "ex ducor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "e ducor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "ab orior"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "orior ex"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "orior e"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "ab mano"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "a mano"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "mano ex"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "take"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "pūtake"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "derivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proisxodítʹ",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "происходи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proizojtí",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "произойти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "derivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "türemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "originate (from)",
      "word": "ôfstamje"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "derive"
  ],
  "word": "derive"
}

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