Definitions For Derivation
noun
- The act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
- Drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
- Drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
- Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
- A line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
- (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
- 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
- The origin of a word
- The act of forming a word fromanother word
- The source or origin of something
Is Derivation a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
16
The word Derivation is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Derivation in a Sentence
- He is doing research into the derivation of “Yankee.”
- “Childish” was formed by derivation from “child.”
- Scientists are debating the possible derivation of birds from dinosaurs.