# derived

Pronunciation: say "di-RYVD" /dɪˈɹaɪvd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of derive. — simple past and past participle of derive
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of derive. Use this form when something came or was taken from another thing earlier.
   - _The committee derived its authority from the new charter._
   - _Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek roots._

## Adjective

2. Formed or obtained from another source rather than originating on its own.
   - Simple: Made or formed from something else, not made on its own.
   - _Linguists study how a derived form gains meaning from its base._
   - _The report relied on derived figures rather than raw measurements._
3. Describing traits unique to the descendant species of a clade and absent from their ancestral forms.
   - Simple: Describing a trait that newer species have but their older ancestors did not.
   - _Birds show many derived characteristics not present in their reptilian ancestors._
   - _Researchers mapped each derived trait onto the branches of the evolutionary tree._

## Adjective

4. Possessing features regarded as more advanced or improved than those of other organisms. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Having features that people once thought were more advanced than those of other living things.
   - _Victorian naturalists placed mammals among the most derived forms of life._
   - _The treatise ranked humans as the most derived species, perfected above all others._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/derived (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).