Dictionary entry details
• DERIVATION (noun)
Meaning:
The source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Context examples:
he prefers shoes of Italian derivation / music of Turkish derivation
Hypernyms ("derivation" is a kind of...):
beginning; origin; root; rootage; source (the place where something begins, where it springs into being)
Meaning:
(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
deriving; etymologizing; derivation
Hypernyms ("derivation" is a kind of...):
account; explanation (a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.)
Domain category:
diachronic linguistics; diachrony; historical linguistics (the study of linguistic change)
Meaning:
A line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("derivation" is a kind of...):
illation; inference (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)
Meaning:
(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: 'singer' from 'sing'; 'undo' from 'do'
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("derivation" is a kind of...):
linguistic process (a process involved in human language)
Domain category:
descriptive linguistics (a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "derivation"):
eponymy (the derivation of a general name from that of a famous person)
Meaning:
Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
ancestry; filiation; lineage; derivation
Hypernyms ("derivation" is a kind of...):
hereditary pattern; inheritance ((genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents)
Attribute:
purebred (bred for many generation from member of a recognized breed or strain)
crossbred (bred from a mixture of breeds or strains)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "derivation"):
breed; strain (a lineage or race of people)
descent; extraction; origin (properties attributable to your ancestry)
bloodline; pedigree (ancestry of a purebred animal)
Meaning:
Drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("derivation" is a kind of...):
drawing; drawing off (act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source)
Meaning:
Drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("derivation" is a kind of...):
drawing; drawing off (act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source)
Meaning:
The act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("derivation" is a kind of...):
act; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
