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/dɪˈɹaɪv/
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/dɪˈɹɑev/
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[dəˈɹɑe̯v]
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dəˈɹaɪv
Verb
To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
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Reading books is the best way to derive knowledge.
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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Power is derived from a British United Traction Limited "A"-type 150-h.p. six-cylinder horizontal diesel engine; this drives through a fluid flywheel, and thence through a free wheel unit to a four-speed epicyclic gearbox.
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.
To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
Usage- Transitive
To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
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To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
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To originate or stem (from).
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Her excellent organisation skills derive from her time as a secretary in the army.
Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles.
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Today, popularity is typically a multialgorithmic measure. At Flickr, a photo's interestingness derives from views, comments, notes, bookmarks, favorites...
As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
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For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] deriue it by other drains.
To differentiate (a function).
Usage- proscribed
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reason by deduction; establish by deduction
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obtain
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derive pleasure from one's garden
obtain from a particular source
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The present name derives from an older form
develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
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come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
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She was descended from an old Italian noble family
he comes from humble origins