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(dɪraɪv)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense derives, present participle deriving, past tense, past participle derived
1. verb
If you derive something such as pleasure or benefit from a person or from something, you get it from them.
[formal]
Mr Ying is one of those happy people who derive pleasure from helping others. [VERB noun + from]
Synonyms: obtain, get, receive, draw More Synonyms of derive
2. verb
If you say that something such as a word or feeling derives or is derived from something else, you mean that it comes from that thing.
Anna's strength is derived from her parents and her sisters. [be VERB-ed + from]
The word Easter derives from Eostre, the pagan goddess of spring. [VERB + from]
[Also VERB noun from noun]

derive in British English

(dɪˈraɪv)
verb
1. (usually foll by from)
to draw or be drawn (from) in source or origin; trace or be traced
2. (transitive)
to deduce; infer
3. (transitive)
to trace the source or development of
4. (usually foll by from)
to produce or be produced (from) by a chemical reaction
5.  mathematics
to obtain (a function) by applying a sequence of steps
Derived forms
derivable (deˈrivable)
adjective
deriver (deˈriver)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French deriver to spring from, from Latin dērīvāre to draw off, from de- + rīvus a stream

derive in American English

(dɪˈraɪv)
verb transitiveWord forms: deˈrived or deˈriving
1. 
to get or receive (something) from a source
2. 
to get by reasoning; deduce or infer
3. 
to trace from or to a source; show the derivation of
4.  Chemistry
to obtain or produce (a compound) from another compound by replacing one element with one or more other elements
verb intransitive
5. 
to come (from); be derived; originate
SIMILAR WORDS:  rise
Derived forms
derivable (deˈrivable)
adjective
deriver (deˈriver)
noun
Word origin
ME deriven < OFr deriver < L derivare, to divert, orig., to turn a stream from its channel < de-, from + rivus, a stream: see rival

Examples of 'derive' in a sentence
derive

There is great pleasure to be derived from plain.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They expect these benefits to derive from reductions in energy consumption and cost savings in industry processes.
Computing (2010)
One of his oldest friends suggested his support for such people derived from his own disadvantaged childhood.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Part of the reason for this discrepancy may derive from different judicial approaches to evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We are going directly to the source of consciousness from which such usage derives.
Stewart, R J Music and the Elemental Psyche: A Practical Guide to Music and Changing Consciousness (1987)
The end is the benefits derived from staying in power.
Butt, Gerald A Rock and a Hard Place (1994)
They derive from the fact that he has been clear.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
One factor that makes sport particularly beneficial may be derived from interactions with other people.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Their pleasures derive from fulfilling internal wishes and desires and they find solitude easy to bear.
Knowles, Jane Know Your Own Mind (1991)
Our frustration and wickedness possibly derives from that fact.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
These borrowers will no longer be able to claim that part of their income derives from this source.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The advice from the specialist is that it will take time to derive full benefit from the surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
If you are sensitive to soy you can derive the benefits from supplements or pills rather than the food itself.
Colette Harris, With Theresa Cheung PCOS DIET BOOK: How you can use the nutritional approach to deal with polycysticovary syndrome (2002)
The minister may have derived further comfort from the fact that things are looking a little brighter than they have in previous years.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The real pleasure was derived from the apparent wealth of seating available on British public transport.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
After all, she derived less pleasure from the encounter than he.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994)
Thus the fund executives derive direct personal benefit from short-selling to the detriment of their clients.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The beauty of football lies in the drama, and the drama derives from the fact that the result is hard to predict.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If the staff are knowledgeable and enthusiastic, a lot can be learnt and a great deal of pleasure derived by shopping in the right place.
Lockspeiser, Jerry & Gear, Jackie Thorsons Organic Wine Guide (1991)
Not only insights and illustrations but the whole direction of the proclamation can be derived from the people who need the Living Word.
Christianity Today (2000)
Who wouldn't want to sip something that sharpens the mind, especially when it is said to be derived from natural sources?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
That said, elderly people do derive much of their happiness from the same things as anyone else, andespecially from personal relationships.
Paul Martin MAKING HAPPY PEOPLE (2005)
When elected officials accept that their power derives from the people and not just from the nation's elite, true democracy can be established.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
There is also a growing awareness of just how much our notions of political democracy, of freedom itself, are derived from indigenous peoples.
Kovel, Joel Red Hunting in the Promised Land: Anticommunism and the Making of America (1994)

In other languages
derive

British English: derive VERB
If you derive something such as pleasure or benefit from a person or from something, you get it from them.
He is one of those happy people who derive pleasure from helping others.
  • American English: derive
  • Brazilian Portuguese: obter
  • Chinese: 获得
  • European Spanish: obtener
  • French: tirer
  • German: gewinnen
  • Italian: trarre
  • Japanese: 引き出す
  • Korean: 이끌어 내다
  • European Portuguese: obter
  • Latin American Spanish: obtener

Chinese translation of 'derive'

derive

(dɪˈraɪv)

vt

  1. to derive sth (from sth) [pleasure, benefit] (从(從)某事中)取得某事 ((cóng mǒushì zhōng) qǔdé mǒushì)

vi

  1. to derive from/be derived from sth (= originate in)
    1. [word] 从(從)某物中派生出 (cóng mǒuwù zhōng pàishēng chū)
    2. [situation] 来(來)自某物 (láizì mǒuwù)
(verb) 
He is one of those people who derives pleasure from helping others.
Synonyms
obtain
Evans was trying to obtain a false passport.
get
The problem was how to get enough food.
receive
I received your letter.
draw
He draws two conclusions from this.
gain
Students can gain valuable experience doing part-time work.
collect
They collected donations for a fund to help the earthquake victims.
gather
extract
He tried to extract further information from the witness.
elicit
the interrogator's attempts to elicit a confession
glean
At present, we're gleaning information from all sources.
procure
It was difficult to procure food and other daily necessitites.

phrasal verb

See derive from something

Additional synonyms

in the sense of collect
Definition
to receive payments of (taxes, dues, or contributions)
They collected donations for a fund to help the earthquake victims.
Synonyms
raise,
secure,
gather,
obtain,
acquire,
muster,
solicit
in the sense of draw
Definition
to formulate or decide
He draws two conclusions from this.
Synonyms
deduce,
make,
gather,
get,
take,
conclude,
derive,
infer,
glean
in the sense of elicit
Definition
to draw out (information) from someone
the interrogator's attempts to elicit a confession
Synonyms
obtain,
extract,
exact,
evoke,
wrest,
draw out,
extort,
educe

Synonyms of 'derive'

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