Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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derive

/dɪˈɹaɪv/ verb, noun

Forms derives deriving derived

  1. verb (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else. “Reading books is the best way to derive knowledge.”
  2. verb (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
  3. verb (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
  4. verb (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
  5. verb (intransitive) To originate or stem (from). “Her excellent organisation skills derive from her time as a secretary in the army.”
  6. verb To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
  7. verb (transitive, mathematics, proscribed) To differentiate (a function).
  8. noun A revolutionary strategy proposed in 1956 by Guy Debord: a mode of experimental behaviour linked to the conditions of urban society, in which participants drop their everyday relations and enter into spontaneous encounters and interactions.

Synonyms

deduce infer deduct gain educe come descend

Etymology

From Middle English deriven, from Old French deriver, from Latin dērīvō (“to lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive”), from dē (“away”) + rīvus (“a stream”); see rival. Unrelated to arrive.

Borrowed from French dérive (“drift”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; --followed by to, into, on, upon. [Obs.]
  2. verb To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; --followed by from.
  3. verb To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced.

Etymology [F. dériver, L. derivare; de- + rivus stream, brook. See Rival.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “derive”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “derive” (best matches first).