to derive

Examples

• All

• What benefit, if any, do we derive from that process?

• However, students have expressed a number of additional benefits derived from the readings and discussions.

  Academic text (2011)

• The class action lawsuit in the United States is derived from the English common law.

  Academic text (2017)

• People who don't derive much benefit from being in society.

• Her achievements most likely derive from a range of skills honed over three decades.

  Academic text (2017)

• * The woman who worked to my immediate left seemed to derive a great deal of pride and satisfaction from her typist position.

  Artois the Goat (2009)

• High-tech is a creative business where the value generation and income derives from actually creating something new.

  Inside Job (2010)

• In recent years, recycling waste rubber derived from scrap vehicle tires in concrete has received wide approbation.

  Academic text (2017)

• A useful introduction to competencies can be derived from the work of Franz Weinert.

  Academic text (2015)

• Many scientific theories derive from careful experimentation and observation.

Synonyms

R

to receive

vsto derive

∞ 1.0

To get something that someone gives you

assumes getting from a particular source rather than merely being given

G

to gain

vsto derive

∞ 1.4

To get something useful, often by effort, like money or skills

is about getting from a specific source instead of earning it

O

to obtain

vsto derive

619 2.6

To get something by asking or working for it

focuses on coming from a specific source rather than effort

A

to acquire

vsto derive

458 3.3

To get something or learn a skill over time

emphasizes origin from a particular source rather than personal effort

D

to draw

vsto derive

256 3.0

Get information or lessons from a source

is obtaining something from a particular source rather than by effort

E

to extract

vsto derive

• Specialized

70 4.1

To get a substance from a plant or material by a special process

means getting from a particular source without naming the process

S

to source

vsto derive

• Specialized

27 3.9

To get goods or materials from a supplier

is about receiving from a single source, not only buying or supplying

How Direct

to extract

166 3.9

to derive

87 4.4

to get

∞ 1.0

to receive

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology