different between derivation vs derive

English

Etymology

From Middle English derivacioun, borrowed from Middle French dérivation, from Latin d?r?v?ti?, d?r?v?ti?nem.Morphologically derive +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.???ve?.?(?)n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

derivation (countable and uncountable, plural derivations)

1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
3. (genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent.

4. (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
5. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
6. That from which a thing is derived.
7. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
8. (mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.
9. (medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Derived terms

• derivational
• derivation tree
• zero derivation

Related terms

• derive
• derived
• derivative

Translations

Further reading

• derivation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

See also

• derivation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ordinative

Danish

Noun

derivation c (singular definite derivationen, plural indefinite derivationer)

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Declension

Further reading

• “derivation” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology

From Middle English deriven, from Old French deriver, from Latin d?r?v? (“to lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive”), from d? (“away”) + r?vus (“a stream”); see rival.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???a?v/

Verb

derive (third-person singular simple present derives, present participle deriving, simple past and past participle derived)

1. (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
2. (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
3. (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
4. (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
5. (intransitive) To originate or stem (from).

6. To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
   • Book 33

     For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] deriue it by other drains.

Derived terms

• derivation
• derivative

Translations

Further reading

• derive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• derive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• drivee, reived, revied, rieved

Asturian

Verb

derive

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of derivar

Italian

Noun

derive f pl

1. plural of deriva

Anagrams

• rideve
• rivede
• vedrei

Portuguese

Verb

derive

1. inflection of derivar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

derive

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of derivar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of derivar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of derivar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of derivar.