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# derived

«derived» in Mova's school dictionary: **Coming from or made from something else (a word derived…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (derived); past form of verb derive (derive, derives, derived, deriving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Coming from or made from something else (a word derived from Latin). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derived/#m1)

2) (maths) Worked out from other facts (a derived formula). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derived/#m2)

3) Past form of derive: to get something from a source (derive pleasure from reading). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derived/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In English: words derived from Latin, Greek or French; prefixes and suffixes make derived words. In science: medicines derived from plants; derived units (speed = distance ÷ time). In maths: a result derived from a rule. Phrase: derived from.

### examples

- The word «octopus» is derived from Greek. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derived/#x1)
- Aspirin was first derived from willow bark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derived/#x2)
- Speed is a derived unit: metres per second. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derived/#x3)
- The formula was derived from the area of a rectangle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derived/#x4)
- She derived great joy from painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derived/#x5)
- Many English words are derived from French. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derived/#x6)
- The name Leshy or Lyeshy is derived from lyes, a forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derived/#x7)

### note

Followed by «from». Noun: derivation; derivative (something that comes from something else). In maths and science, derived quantities come from base ones by multiplying or dividing.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «derived» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derived/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.