DERIVATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
   Hypernyms(s) derivation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • drawing (what does drawing mean?)
   • drawing off (what does drawing off mean?)
2. Meaning
   • drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
   Hypernyms(s) derivation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • drawing (what does drawing mean?)
   • drawing off (what does drawing off mean?)
3. Meaning
   • inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
   Synonym(s)
   • ancestry (what does ancestry mean?)
   • filiation (what does filiation mean?)
   • lineage (what does lineage mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) derivation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inheritance (what does inheritance mean?)
   • hereditary pattern (what does hereditary pattern mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • breed (what does breed mean?)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)
   • origin (what does origin mean?)
   • descent (what does descent mean?)
   • extraction (what does extraction mean?)
   • pedigree (what does pedigree mean?)
   • bloodline (what does bloodline mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • purebred (what does purebred mean?)
   • crossbred (what does crossbred mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • derive (what does derive mean?)
   • come (what does come mean?)
   • descend (what does descend mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
   Hypernyms(s) derivation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inference (what does inference mean?)
   • illation (what does illation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • deduce (what does deduce mean?)
   • infer (what does infer mean?)
   • deduct (what does deduct mean?)
   • derive (what does derive mean?)
5. Meaning
   • (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
   Synonym(s)
   • deriving (what does deriving mean?)
   • etymologizing (what does etymologizing mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) derivation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • explanation (what does explanation mean?)
   • account (what does account mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • etymologize (what does etymologize mean?)
   • etymologise (what does etymologise mean?)
   • derive (what does derive mean?)
   • derive (what does derive mean?)
6. Meaning
   • the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he prefers shoes of Italian derivation
   Hypernyms(s) derivation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • beginning (what does beginning mean?)
   • origin (what does origin mean?)
   • root (what does root mean?)
   • rootage (what does rootage mean?)
   • source (what does source mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • derive (what does derive mean?)
   • come (what does come mean?)
   • descend (what does descend mean?)
   • derive (what does derive mean?)
   • derive (what does derive mean?)
   • educe (what does educe mean?)
7. Meaning
   • (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer” from `sing”
   • `undo” from `do”
   Hypernyms(s) derivation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • linguistic process (what does linguistic process mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • derive (what does derive mean?)