derive
derive is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon.
- transitive verb. To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.
- transitive verb. To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.
- transitive verb. To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.
- intransitive verb. To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced.
- verb. develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
- verb. come from
"The present name derives from an older form"
- verb. reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- verb. obtain
"derive pleasure from one's garden"
- verb. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
"She was descended from an old Italian noble family"
"he comes from humble origins"
Synonyms
educe, deduce, deduct, infer, gain, come, descend
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in derive:
Common word forms
derived, deriver, derives, deriving
Words from these letters
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