PHRASALVERBS
derive sth from sth
1 (formal) to get sth from sth:
He derived great pleasure from painting.
2 (technical) to obtain a substance from sth:
The new drug is derived from fish oil.
derive from sth
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for derive is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is derive a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, derive is tagged as verb.
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