Definitions For Derive
verb
- Develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
- Come from
- Reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- Obtain
- Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- To take or get (something) from(something else)
- To have something as a source : to come fromsomething
Is Derives 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
11
Words with Friends
12
The word Derive is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Derive in a Sentence
- The river derives its name from a Native American tribe.
- Much of the book's appeal derives from the personality of its central character.