DERIVE


Meaning of DERIVE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

derive pleasure from sth formal (= get pleasure from it )

I derive great pleasure from playing chess.

draw/derive comfort from sth formal (= take comfort from sth )

Economists have been quick to draw comfort from the latest figures.

draw/take/derive inspiration from sth (= get inspiration )

She draws inspiration from mythology and folk stories.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

directly

Initially, it was hoped that publications directly deriving from theses could be unambiguously identified, but this was not possible.

The first is to have the carbonaceous meteorites derive directly from low-speed near-Earth asteroids that are extinct comet cores.

That the Interludium could derive directly from Dame Sirith is possible.

It was seen to derive directly from the dual functions of the state, the securing of accumulation and legitimation.

■ NOUN

benefit

One consents to the establishment of a political society and to its authority because of the benefits one will derive from its existence.

Thus D in Figure 6-2a indicates tIle benefits which private individuals derive from education.

The total cuts in housing benefit deriving from such changes have reduced the projected expenditure by £950 million.

One benefit deriving from advancing years is that my clerk diverts to others briefs that are devoid of interest.

comfort

From those two virtues derive the tranquillity, comfort , and content of domesticity.

Then she decided to wash her hair, thinking she might derive some comfort from this familiar rite.

energy

Take the Sun, the star from which we ultimately derive nearly all our energy .

All archaebacteria thrive in intense heat, and most derive their energy from breaking chemical bonds.

Even the bacteria that feed on animal and plant wastes derive their energy from the Sun.

I have so far emphasized only the feasibility of deriving energy from novel sources in space.

pleasure

The primary pleasures of the imagination derive from direct observation of objects before our eyes.

The secondary pleasures of the imagination derive from recollection of objects no longer actually present.

satisfaction

We are concerned with the quality of goods and the satisfactions we derive from them.

value

They have questioned the view that stratification systems derive ultimately from shared values .

Training is needed to enable them to derive greater value and information from the source.

■ VERB

seem

Each of these seems to derive something from the interruptable time of the television chronotope, and its consequently segmented narrative.

use

In this context, capital market theory is used to derive an expression for the risk premium of index futures.

Some method is then used to derive the syntactic representation for the derivative form from combining the root form and the affix.

A small set of rules are used to derive the syntactic information for the word.

What computer processing methods are used to derive thematic maps from multispectral remotely-sensed images?

The process used to derive criteria commenced with a general view of the learning objectives to be focused upon.

A range of data sources will be used to derive the best possible estimates.

For example, it could be used to derive the Szekeres solution described in Chapter 9 from the Khan-Penrose solution.

Performance measured relative to these statements is aggregated using complex rules to derive the level awarded.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A country can also derive export revenue from service income, e.g. shipping and tourism, together with remittances from overseas workers.

One of the first commercial products to derive from this biotechnology is likely to be genetically engineered tomatoes.

The process used to derive criteria commenced with a general view of the learning objectives to be focused upon.

Then she decided to wash her hair, thinking she might derive some comfort from this familiar rite.

They also denote deliberate obfuscations deriving from Dada and Surrealism.

This Board rejected both these submissions and held that the profits did not arise in or derive from Hong Kong.

Throughout his early adult life he passed from one religious system to another, unable to derive lasting spiritual satisfaction form any.

Which suggests that the life patterns imposed on infants in fact derive from biological need.

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