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English noun: derivation | |||
| 1. | derivation (location) the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) | ||
| Samples | He prefers shoes of Italian derivation. Music of Turkish derivation. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beginning, origin, root, rootage, source | ||
| 2. | derivation (communication) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase | ||
| Synonyms | deriving, etymologizing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | account, explanation | ||
| Domain category | diachronic linguistics, diachrony, historical linguistics | ||
| 3. | derivation (cognition) a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | illation, inference | ||
| 4. | derivation (process) (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation | ||
| Samples | `singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | linguistic process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | eponymy | ||
| Domain category | descriptive linguistics | ||
| 5. | derivation (attribute) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | ||
| Synonyms | ancestry, filiation, lineage | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hereditary pattern, inheritance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bloodline, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree | ||
| Attribute | crossbred, purebred | ||
| 6. | derivation (act) drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drawing, drawing off | ||
| 7. | derivation (act) drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drawing, drawing off | ||
| 8. | derivation (act) the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
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