verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
derive pleasure from sth formal (= get pleasure from it )
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I derive great pleasure from playing chess.
draw/derive comfort from sth formal (= take comfort from sth )
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Economists have been quick to draw comfort from the latest figures.
draw/take/derive inspiration from sth (= get inspiration )
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She draws inspiration from mythology and folk stories.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
directly
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Initially, it was hoped that publications directly deriving from theses could be unambiguously identified, but this was not possible.
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The first is to have the carbonaceous meteorites derive directly from low-speed near-Earth asteroids that are extinct comet cores.
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That the Interludium could derive directly from Dame Sirith is possible.
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It was seen to derive directly from the dual functions of the state, the securing of accumulation and legitimation.
■ NOUN
benefit
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One consents to the establishment of a political society and to its authority because of the benefits one will derive from its existence.
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Thus D in Figure 6-2a indicates tIle benefits which private individuals derive from education.
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The total cuts in housing benefit deriving from such changes have reduced the projected expenditure by £950 million.
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One benefit deriving from advancing years is that my clerk diverts to others briefs that are devoid of interest.
comfort
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From those two virtues derive the tranquillity, comfort , and content of domesticity.
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Then she decided to wash her hair, thinking she might derive some comfort from this familiar rite.
energy
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Take the Sun, the star from which we ultimately derive nearly all our energy .
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All archaebacteria thrive in intense heat, and most derive their energy from breaking chemical bonds.
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Even the bacteria that feed on animal and plant wastes derive their energy from the Sun.
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I have so far emphasized only the feasibility of deriving energy from novel sources in space.
pleasure
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The primary pleasures of the imagination derive from direct observation of objects before our eyes.
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The secondary pleasures of the imagination derive from recollection of objects no longer actually present.
satisfaction
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We are concerned with the quality of goods and the satisfactions we derive from them.
value
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They have questioned the view that stratification systems derive ultimately from shared values .
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Training is needed to enable them to derive greater value and information from the source.
■ VERB
seem
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Each of these seems to derive something from the interruptable time of the television chronotope, and its consequently segmented narrative.
use
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In this context, capital market theory is used to derive an expression for the risk premium of index futures.
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Some method is then used to derive the syntactic representation for the derivative form from combining the root form and the affix.
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A small set of rules are used to derive the syntactic information for the word.
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What computer processing methods are used to derive thematic maps from multispectral remotely-sensed images?
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The process used to derive criteria commenced with a general view of the learning objectives to be focused upon.
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A range of data sources will be used to derive the best possible estimates.
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For example, it could be used to derive the Szekeres solution described in Chapter 9 from the Khan-Penrose solution.
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Performance measured relative to these statements is aggregated using complex rules to derive the level awarded.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A country can also derive export revenue from service income, e.g. shipping and tourism, together with remittances from overseas workers.
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One of the first commercial products to derive from this biotechnology is likely to be genetically engineered tomatoes.
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The process used to derive criteria commenced with a general view of the learning objectives to be focused upon.
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Then she decided to wash her hair, thinking she might derive some comfort from this familiar rite.
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They also denote deliberate obfuscations deriving from Dada and Surrealism.
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This Board rejected both these submissions and held that the profits did not arise in or derive from Hong Kong.
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Throughout his early adult life he passed from one religious system to another, unable to derive lasting spiritual satisfaction form any.
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Which suggests that the life patterns imposed on infants in fact derive from biological need.