to derive
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4.4
- verb
- /dɪˈraɪv/
:
obtener de
- Basically, we derive our self worth from those things.
- derive benefits from
- derive meaning from
- derive knowledge from
And I'm saying make the meaning and derive your meaning from that.
- And I'm saying make the meaning and derive your meaning from that.
- In other words, is it do you derive your sense of self from thought?
- So pleasure perfects an activity when we're seeing and we derive pleasure from what we're seeing.
- So in other words, there is no business unless it derives its resources from here.
- They pay rent, which is derived from their job.
- And there is a way to derive revenue from this.
- And this is where we derive our confidence from.
- So things like we don't derive entertainment from torturing cats.
- It's not that I can't derive bliss from this, but what is the intention?
Examples
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What benefit, if any, do we derive from that process?
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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.
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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.
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High-tech is a creative business where the value generation and income derives from actually creating something new.
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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
∞
1.0
To get something that someone gives you
∞
1.4
To get something useful, often by effort, like money or skills
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2.6
To get something by asking or working for it
458
3.3
To get something or learn a skill over time
256
3.0
Get information or lessons from a source
70
4.1
To get a substance from a plant or material by a special process
27
3.9
To get goods or materials from a supplier
How Direct
Surface Forms
Etymology
Derive comes from the Latin parts de- 'from' and rivus 'stream'. Think of drawing water from a stream: to derive something is to get or receive it from a particular source.