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单词 derivation
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derivationnoun [ C or U ]

uk/ˌder.ɪˈveɪ.ʃən/us/ˌder.əˈveɪ.ʃən/

the origin of something, such as a word, from which another form has developed, or the new form itself

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Origins and sources

  • be a recipe for disaster, trouble, success, etc. idiom
  • beginning
  • birthplace
  • born
  • breeding ground
  • come from somewhere/sth
  • fount
  • genesis
  • hail from somewhere
  • issue
  • issue from sth
  • origin
  • root
  • seed
  • son
  • source
  • stem
  • stem from sth
  • the cradle of sth idiom
  • ur-

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Examples from literature

  • In these words, as in many others, we can see that it is never safe to guess the derivation of words. 
  • It is interesting to note that derivations that get away sufficiently from the concrete notion of the radical word to exist as independent conceptual centers are not affected by this elusive drift. 
  • It is quite erroneously called Late-wake, though Brand favours that modern corruption and derivation. 
  • The derivation of his name shows unmistakably that the earliest form under which he was a mythological existence was as the light-god. 

derivationnoun [ U ]

us/ˌder·əˈveɪ·ʃən/

the origin from which something developed:

Does anyone know the derivation of the word “OK”?
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