derived
When something is derived from something else, it is made from that. Ham is derived from pork, and the active ingredient in aspirin is derived from the bark of the willow tree.
It's best to use derived when you can still see the parts of the original in something. Some people believe baseball was derived from the game of cricket. Both games involve batting and runners, but cricket was around first. Derived is also the past tense of the verb, derive, which can mean to figure out or get. After six tries, Lucia derived the answer to the difficult math problem.
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formed or developed from something else; not original“"the belief that classes and organizations are secondary and derived"- John Dewey”
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Synonyms:
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derivable
capable of being derived
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derivative
resulting from or employing derivation
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plagiarised, plagiaristic, plagiarized
copied and passed off as your own
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Antonyms:
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underived
not derived; primary or simple
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original
not derived or copied or translated from something else
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primary
not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
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derivable
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Vocabulary lists containing derived
Mo has the power to bring characters from books into the real world; but when one of those characters kidnaps Mo, his daughter Meggie must embrace her own magical powers in order to rescue her father.
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