derive
pronunciation
How to pronounce derive in British English:
UK [dɪˈraɪv]
How to pronounce derive in American English:
US [dɪˈraɪv]
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- Verb:
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- obtain
- come from
- develop or evolve, especially from a latent or potential state
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
Word Origin
- derive
- derive: [14] Like rival, derive comes ultimately from Latin rīvus ‘stream’. This was used as the basis of a verb dērīvāre, formed with the prefix dē- ‘away’, which originally designated literally the ‘drawing off of water from a source’. This sense was subsequently generalized to ‘divert’, and extended figuratively to ‘derive’ (a metaphor reminiscent of spring from). English acquired the word via Old French deriver.=> rival
- derive (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French deriver "to flow, pour out; derive, originate," from Latin derivare "to lead or draw off (a stream of water) from its source" (in Late Latin also "to derive"), from phrase de rivo (de "from" + rivus "stream;" see rivulet). Etymological sense is 1550s. Related: Derived; deriving.
Example
- 1. Such men however are not quite pure examples since they also derive immense satisfaction from vanity .
- 2. She knew that she had to finally derive wisdom from this experience .
- 3. All p. falciparum parasites alive today appear to derive from an individual example of p. reichenowi .
- 4. However , what is important is to go deep unto the root causes of the problems which derive those objectives .
- 5. The red rock and soil here likely derive their flaming colors from iron oxides .