derivede‧rive /dɪˈraɪv/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb 
Medically, we will derive great benefit from this technique.derive pleasure/enjoyment etc Many students derived enormous satisfaction from the course.2 (also be derived) [intransitive, transitive] to develop or come from something elsederive from This word is derived from Latin. patterns of behaviour that derive from basic beliefsRegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that something comes from something rather than is derived from something:· This word comes from Latin.3[transitive] technical to get a chemical substance from another substancebe derived from something The enzyme is derived from human blood.
WORD ORIGINderive
Origin:
1300-1400 French dériver, from Latin derivare ‘to draw out water’, from rivus ‘stream’VERB TABLE
derive
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | derive |
| he, she, it | derives | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | derived |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have derived |
| he, she, it | has derived | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had derived |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will derive |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have derived |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am deriving |
| he, she, it | is deriving | |
| you, we, they | are deriving | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was deriving |
| you, we, they | were deriving | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been deriving |
| he, she, it | has been deriving | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been deriving |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be deriving |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been deriving |
EXAMPLES FROM THE 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.
Longman Language Activatorto have developed from something
use this to say that something that exists now developed from something else that existed before: · My idea for the film came from an article I read about West Virginia coal miners.· The name 'terrier' comes from the Latin word 'terra' meaning the earth.
if a film, story, idea, plan etc is based on something else, that is where its basic ideas or facts come from: · The film is based on a popular Bengali novel.· Overtime pay will be based on the number of hours you work each week.· Your test questions will be based on the work you have done in the past year.
to have developed in a particular place or from a particular situation: · How did the tradition of wearing costumes on Hallowe'en originate?originate in: · Welfare is a program that originated in the 1930s to help widows.· Buddhism originated in India and came to China in the first century A.D.
to have developed from something that happened or existed a long time ago: · Many phrases in the language go back to early religious writings.· Our friendship goes back to our freshman year in college.· Jo just refuses to get into a car -- it all goes back to when she had that accident.
if something has its origins in something that existed a long time ago, that is where it comes from and is the reason for it being as it is: · Modern medicine often has its origins in ancient ways of doing things.· Vaudeville had its origins in French street culture.
if something such as a belief or attitude has its roots in conditions that existed earlier, it developed from them and is still influenced by them: · Many music historians believe that jazz has its roots in blues music.· Economic policy in the US has its roots in the free market system.
to have developed from something else, especially by a long or complicated process: · Much of the English language is derived from Latin and Greek.· About a quarter of the drugs in prescription medicines today are derived from plants.
to have one main idea, belief etc that something else develops from: · The constitution in this country is not written. It's founded on tradition and precedent.· White resistance to Civil Rights was founded on age-old fears of democracy.
to develop from something small or simple by becoming bigger or more complicated: · Socialist ideals grew out of an earlier idea that all men are created equal.· The skill of writing grew out of a wish to put speech into a permanent form.
to come from an original idea or form and change into something bigger, more important, or more advanced: · The whole basis of her novel evolved from a chance meeting she had with an old friend.· Within years, the site developed from an area of waste ground into a thriving farm.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Medically, we will derive great benefit from this technique. Many students derived enormous satisfaction from the course.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Medically, we will derive great benefit from this technique. Many students derived enormous satisfaction from the course. formal (=take comfort from something)· Economists have been quick to draw comfort from the latest figures.
(=get inspiration)· She draws inspiration from mythology and folk stories.
formal (=get pleasure from it)· I derive great pleasure from playing chess.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· 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· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· We are concerned with the quality of goods and the satisfactions we derive from them.
· 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· Each of these seems to derive something from the interruptable time of the television chronotope, and its consequently segmented narrative.
· 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.
WORD FAMILYnounderivativeverbderive
1[transitive] to get something, especially an advantage or a pleasant feeling, from somethingderive something from something Medically, we will derive great benefit from this technique.derive pleasure/enjoyment etc Many students derived enormous satisfaction from the course.2 (also be derived) [intransitive, transitive] to develop or come from something elsederive from This word is derived from Latin. patterns of behaviour that derive from basic beliefsRegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that something comes from something rather than is derived from something:· This word comes from Latin.3[transitive] technical to get a chemical substance from another substancebe derived from something The enzyme is derived from human blood.