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Defenition of the word derivation

    • Defenition of the word derivation

      • A line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions.
      • inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
      • drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
      • drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
      • a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
      • the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"
      • (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'
      • (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
      • (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer'' from `sing''; `undo'' from `do''
      • the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
      • the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
      • (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation

    Synonyms for the word derivation

      • ancestry
      • beginning
      • cradle
      • deriving
      • descent
      • etymologizing
      • filiation
      • lineage
      • origin
      • root
      • seed
      • source

    Similar words in the derivation

      • derivation
      • derivation's
      • derivations

    Hyponyms for the word derivation

      • bloodline
      • breed
      • descent
      • eponymy
      • extraction
      • origin
      • pedigree
      • strain

    Hypernyms for the word derivation

      • account
      • act
      • beginning
      • deed
      • drawing
      • drawing off
      • explanation
      • hereditary pattern
      • human action
      • human activity
      • illation
      • inference
      • inheritance
      • linguistic process
      • origin
      • root
      • rootage
      • source

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