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 Derive 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
10
Words with Friends
11

The word Derive is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 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.

Synonyms for Derive

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