derive

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Derive means to obtain or draw from a source.

You derive satisfaction from work, derive income from investments, derive meaning from context.

In technical use, to derive is to obtain one thing from another through a process: chemists derive compounds from raw materials, mathematicians derive formulas from axioms.

The passive form derived indicates origin: The word is derived from Latin.

infer

conclusion

End or deduction

deduce · extrapolate · analysis · interpretation · understanding · implication · corollary · induction · surmise · rationale

origin

ancestry

Family line of descent

descent · genealogy · bloodline · pedigree · forebears · ancestors · provenance · etymology · extraction · parentage

obtain

extract

Concentrated derived substance

synthesize · process · refine · isolate · yield · produce · procure · attain · glean · reap

calculate

formula

Fixed method or notation

differentiation · integration · calculus · variable · coefficient · mathematics · arithmetic · trigonometry · geometry · algebra

create

develop

Cause gradual growth

construct · generate · compose · craft · fashion · form · originate · produce · conceive · invent

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origin and source

derivecreate

Cause to exist

invent · originate · generate · produce · devise

logical process

deriveassume

Accept as true

presume · suppose · guess · conjecture · speculate

transmission direction

derivegive

To transfer possession

bestow · impart · provide · confer · grant

Phrases
Family

derived, derivative, derivation, deriving, derives, derivable, derivational, derivatives, derivations

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G