| NOUN | location | derivation | the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) |
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| communication | derivation, deriving, etymologizing | (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase | |
| cognition | derivation | a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions | |
| process | derivation | (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation | |
| attribute | derivation, ancestry, lineage, filiation | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | |
| act | derivation | drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body | |
| act | derivation | drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation | |
| act | derivation | the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin |
| Sounds | deh.rahvey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues). | |
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| Broader | beginning, origin, root, rootage, source | The place where something begins, where it springs into being |
| Spanish | derivación | |
| Catalan | derivació | |
| Verbs | derive | develop or evolve from a latent or potential state |
| derive | come from | |
| derive | come from | |
| Meaning | (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase. | |
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| Synonyms | deriving, etymologizing | |
| Category | historical linguistics, diachronic linguistics, diachrony | The study of linguistic change |
| Broader | explanation, account | A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. |
| Spanish | derivación | |
| Catalan | derivació | |
| Verbs | derive | come from |
| Meaning | A line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions. | |
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| Broader | inference, illation | The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation |
| Spanish | derivación | |
| Catalan | derivació | |
| Verbs | derive | reason by deduction |
| Meaning | (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation. | |
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| Example | "'singer' from 'sing' or 'undo' from 'do' are examples of derivations" | |
| Category | descriptive linguistics | A description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology / morphology and syntax / syntax and semantics without value judgments |
| Narrower | eponymy | The derivation of a general name from that of a famous person |
| Broader | linguistic process | A process involved in human language |
| Spanish | derivación, derivada | |
| Catalan | derivació | |
| Verbs | derive | come from |
| Meaning | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline. | |
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| Synonyms | ancestry, lineage, filiation | |
| Attributes | crossbred | Bred from parents of different varieties or species |
| purebred | Bred for many generations from member of a recognized / recognized breed or strain | |
| Narrower | origin, descent, extraction | Properties attributable to your ancestry |
| pedigree, bloodline | ancestry of a purebred animal | |
| Broader | inheritance, hereditary pattern | (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents |
| Spanish | abolengo, alcurnia, ascendencia, linaje | |
| Catalan | ascendència, estirp, llinatge | |
| Verbs | derive | come from |
| Meaning | Drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body. | |
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| Broader | drawing, drawing off | Act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid / liquid from a source |
| Meaning | Drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation. | |
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| Broader | drawing, drawing off | Act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid / liquid from a source |
| Spanish | derivación | |
| Catalan | derivació | |
| Meaning | The act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin. | |
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| Broader | act, deed, human action, human activity | Something that people do or cause to happen |
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