Definitions for derived
de·rived

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. derivedadjective

   formed or developed from something else; not original

   "the belief that classes and organizations are secondary and derived"- John Dewey

Wiktionary(4.40 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. derivedadjective

   Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.

2. derivedadjective

   Possessing features believed to be more advanced or improved than those other organisms.

3. derivedadjective

   product of derivation

   The French language is derived from Latin.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Derived

   of Derive

Editors Contribution(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. derived

   Created or formed.

   They derived the agreement from the passion, choice and agreement of the people.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 15, 2020  

2. DERIVED

   Inferred from, learnt from E.g. derived from the recipe book (the recipe being spoken about has been taken from the recipe book)

   Submitted by rinat on July 19, 2021  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'derived' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2951

How to pronounce derived?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say derived in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of derived in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of derived in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of derived in a Sentence

1. Beau Phillips:

   We coordinate with clinics and hospitals to obtain human tissue and blood -- specimens that would be otherwise be disposed of -- and provide them to biotechnology and academic institutions performing research to find a cure, the nation's and the world's greatest research facilities need a reliable source of healthy human-derived blood, tissue and cellular specimens to perform their studies. As a point of clarification, StemExpress has never requested nor received an intact fetus.

2. James Wilson, Of the Study of the Law in the United States, 1790:

   FOUNDERS QUOTES ON FOUNDING PRINCIPLES Individual Liberty Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood. – John Adams, 1765 Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness. – In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example . . . of charters of power granted by liberty. This revolution in the practice of the world, may, with an honest praise, be pronounced the most triumphant epoch of its history, and the most consoling presage of its happiness. – James Madison, Essays for the National Gazette, 1792

3. James Yeh:

   After you leave, sometimes that kind of knowledge is derived from pharmaceutical salespeople.

4. Peter Salama:

   It is critical to remember that the Ebola Fast FactsThe current outbreak outbreak in northwest Congo River is not the only challenge this country is facing, there is massive population displacement, food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly in the east of the country, and multiple simultaneous outbreaks of cholera, of measles and recently of vaccine-derived poliovirus.

5. Chairman Fujio Mitarai:

   Starting next year, with our 2016-2020 plan, our goal is to reach 5 trillion yen by 2020, what constitutes this 5 trillion will be quite different: Maybe 30 to 40 percent will be derived from the new businesses.

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