Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to derive
Participle: derived
Gerund: deriving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | derive |
| you | derive |
| he;she;it | derives |
| we | derive |
| you | derive |
| they | derive |
Perfect
| I | have derived |
| you | have derived |
| he;she;it | has derived |
| we | have derived |
| you | have derived |
| they | have derived |
Past
| I | derived |
| you | derived |
| he;she;it | derived |
| we | derived |
| you | derived |
| they | derived |
Pluperfect
| I | had derived |
| you | had derived |
| he;she;it | had derived |
| we | had derived |
| you | had derived |
| they | had derived |
Future
| I | will derive |
| you | will derive |
| he;she;it | will derive |
| we | will derive |
| you | will derive |
| they | will derive |
Future Perfect
| I | will have derived |
| you | will have derived |
| he;she;it | will have derived |
| we | will have derived |
| you | will have derived |
| they | will have derived |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | derive |
| you | derive |
| he;she;it | derive |
| we | derive |
| you | derive |
| they | derive |
Perfect
| I | have derived |
| you | have derived |
| he;she;it | have derived |
| we | have derived |
| you | have derived |
| they | have derived |
Imperfect
| I | derived |
| you | derived |
| he;she;it | derived |
| we | derived |
| you | derived |
| they | derived |
Pluperfect
| I | had derived |
| you | had derived |
| he;she;it | had derived |
| we | had derived |
| you | had derived |
| they | had derived |
Conditional
Present
| I | would derive |
| you | would derive |
| he;she;it | would derive |
| we | would derive |
| you | would derive |
| they | would derive |
Perfect
| I | would have derived |
| you | would have derived |
| he;she;it | would have derived |
| we | would have derived |
| you | would have derived |
| they | would have derived |
Imperative
| you | derive |
| we | Let's derive |
| you | derive |
Verbs conjugated like 'derive'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'derive'
deprive,
deride,
devive,
drive,
arrive,
berime,
berine,
de-ice,
deave,
debride,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1385, from O.Fr.
deriver, from L.
derivare "to lead or draw off (a stream of water) from its source," from phrase
de rivo (
de "from" +
rivus "stream"). Etymological sense is c.1560.
Derivative is from 1530.
2. 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. See: Latin '
dērīvō'.
Verbs referencing "derive"
Ido derivar, Cornish
derivas.
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