Petroleum is derived from coal tar. … inconvenience that will be derived to them from stopping all imports … Thomas Jefferson. We can derive the word "chauffeur" from French. The novel's …

Derived definition: received, obtained, or arising from a particular source or in a particular way.. See examples of DERIVED used in a sentence.

Evidence is research findings derived from the systematic collection of data through observation and experiment and the formulation of questions and testing of hypotheses. It was the original …

1. a. To obtain or receive from a source: a dance that is derived from the samba; confidence that is derived from years of experience. b. Chemistry To produce or obtain (a compound) from …

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.

DERIVE meaning: 1 : to take or get (something) from (something else) often used as (be) derived; 2 : to have something as a source to come from something

If you want to talk about something that comes from something else, but you want to sound sophisticated and maybe financial or scientific, use derive, like so: That scent? It's derived …

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Definition of derive verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

to come from or trace from a source or origin: [ ~ + obj + from + obj]: We can derive the word deduct from Latin.[ ~ + from + obj]: The word deduct derives from Latin. de•rive (di rīv′), v., …