Word Meaning

derived definition and meaning

v. t. 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.
v. t. To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.
v. t. To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.
v. t. To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.
v. i. To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced.
imp. & p. p. of Derive

Crossword clues for derived

- Deduce
- Draw something like pleasure from drive around England’s capital
- Obtain
- Obtain by reasoning
- Obtained from a source
- Reached by reasoning
- Traced form a source