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Definition
to get something from something else
(If the context doesn't otherwise indicate where something came from, it is generally from reasoning—especially deductive reasoning.)
(If the context doesn't otherwise indicate where something came from, it is generally from reasoning—especially deductive reasoning.)
- My answer was a lesson in history and sociology and you could derive some of the major differences between Ireland and Italy by the emotional diffidence of my response.Chapter 1.4 (32% in)
- The General delivered a rather grumpy speech on the invaluable lessons to be derived from losing.Chapter 2.21 (11% in)
- The more demerits I give you, the more benefits you derive from an Institute education, the more returns your parents have on their original investment.Chapter 3.22 (68% in)
There are no more uses of "derive" in The Lords of Discipline.
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