'derive' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'derive' with 10 example sentences.
- derive verb
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: reason by deduction; establish by deduction
: obtain
: obtain from a particular source
: develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
: come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
A lot of English words are derived from Latin.
Some people derive pleasure from watching horror movies.
We derive a lot of pleasure from books.
Bob derives pleasure from observing insects.
Petrochemicals are chemical products derived from petroleum.
You will derive great benefits from learning English.
How do you derive the length of the circumference? I've forgotten.
Most of our business is derived from architectural competitions.
A wise man can derive gold even from pus.
There is no fact from which a moral ought can be derived.