DERIVE


Meaning of DERIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪraɪv ]

( derives, deriving, derived)

1.

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 : V n from n / -ing

2.

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...

The word Easter derives from Eostre, the pagan goddess of spring.

VERB : be V-ed from n , V from n

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