derive

Other forms of derive

past tense

derived·

present participle

deriving·

third person

derives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about derive

What does derive mean?

derive means "reason by deduction; establish by deduction". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in derive?

derive has 2 syllables: de-rive. The stress falls on "rive". In IPA it is /dɚˈaɪv/.

What is another word for derive?

Close synonyms include deduce, infer, deduct, gain, educe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is derive a common word?

derive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with derive?

1 word rhymes with derive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.