DERIVE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does derive mean? 

• DERIVE (verb)
  The verb DERIVE has 5 senses:

1. reason by deduction; establish by deduction
2. obtain
3. come from
4. develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
5. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

  Familiarity information: DERIVE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DERIVE (verb)

Meaning:

Reason by deduction; establish by deduction

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

infer; derive; deduce; deduct

Hypernyms (to "derive" is one way to...):

conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)

Domain category:

logic; logical system; system of logic (a system of reasoning)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "derive"):

extrapolate (gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating)

carry back (deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period)

surmise (infer from incomplete evidence)

elicit (derive by reason)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Meaning:

Obtain

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

gain; derive

Context example:

derive pleasure from one's garden

Hypernyms (to "derive" is one way to...):

obtain (come into possession of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "derive"):

draw; reap (get or derive)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Meaning:

Come from

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The present name derives from an older form

Hypernyms (to "derive" is one way to...):

evolve (undergo development or evolution)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Meaning:

Develop or evolve from a latent or potential state

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

educe; derive

Hypernyms (to "derive" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "derive"):

etymologise; etymologize (give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

descend; derive; come

Context examples:

She was descended from an old Italian noble family / he comes from humble origins

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP