derives
- 1Third-person singular simple present indicative of derive.
Modern jazz derives much of its energy from improvisation.
The committee derives its authority from the founding charter.
Note
The -s form carries every use of the verb, and they split into two constructions that both lean on from. With an object, someone derives something from a source: a committee derives its authority from a charter, a chemist derives one compound from another. Without one, the thing itself derives from its origin, as a custom or a word does. With I, you, we or they, the bare derive returns.
The custom derives from a medieval harvest festival.
Her confidence derives from years of practice.
derives is a form of derive
derive, verb: To obtain or receive something from a particular source. Full entry
- Spelling
- derive → derives: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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