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derivation
Overview of noun derivation
The noun derivation has 8 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (1) derivation -- (the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation")
2. (1) deriving, derivation, etymologizing -- ((historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase)
3. (1) derivation -- (a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions)
4. derivation -- ((descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do')
5. ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation -- (inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline)
6. derivation -- (drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body)
7. derivation -- (drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation)
8. derivation -- (the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun derivation
8 senses of derivation
Sense 1
derivation
=> beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
=> point
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
deriving, derivation, etymologizing
=> explanation, account
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
derivation
=> inference, illation
=> reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought
=> thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
derivation
=> linguistic process
=> human process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
=> inheritance, hereditary pattern
=> heredity, genetic endowment
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
derivation
=> drawing, drawing off
=> drain
=> depletion
=> decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
=> change of magnitude
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
derivation
=> drawing, drawing off
=> drain
=> depletion
=> decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
=> change of magnitude
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 8
derivation
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun derivation
2 of 8 senses of derivation
Sense 4
derivation
=> eponymy
Sense 5
ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
=> breed, strain
=> origin, descent, extraction
=> pedigree, bloodline
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun derivation
8 senses of derivation
Sense 1
derivation
=> beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
Sense 2
deriving, derivation, etymologizing
=> explanation, account
Sense 3
derivation
=> inference, illation
Sense 4
derivation
=> linguistic process
Sense 5
ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
=> inheritance, hereditary pattern
Sense 6
derivation
=> drawing, drawing off
Sense 7
derivation
=> drawing, drawing off
Sense 8
derivation
=> act, human action, human activity
Antonyms of noun derivation
Member Holonyms of noun derivation
Substance Holonyms of noun derivation
Part Holonyms of noun derivation
Member Meronyms of noun derivation
Substance Meronyms of noun derivation
Part Meronyms of noun derivation
Meronyms of noun derivation
Holonyms of noun derivation
Attributes of noun derivation
1 of 8 senses of derivation
Sense 5
ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
=> purebred (vs. crossbred)
=> crossbred (vs. purebred)
Derived Forms of noun derivation
5 of 8 senses of derivation
Sense 1
derivation
RELATED TO>(verb) derive#5
=> derive, come, descend
RELATED TO>(verb) derive#3
=> derive
RELATED TO>(verb) derive#4
=> derive, educe
Sense 2
deriving, derivation, etymologizing
RELATED TO>(verb) derive#3
=> derive
Sense 3
derivation
RELATED TO>(verb) derive#1
=> deduce, infer, deduct, derive
Sense 4
derivation
RELATED TO>(verb) derive#3
=> derive
Sense 5
ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
RELATED TO>(verb) derive#5
=> derive, come, descend
Domain of noun derivation
2 of 8 senses of derivation
Sense 2
deriving, derivation, etymologizing
TOPIC>(noun) historical linguistics#1, diachronic linguistics#1, diachrony#1
Sense 4
derivation
TOPIC>(noun) descriptive linguistics#1
Domain Terms of noun derivation
Familiarity of noun derivation
derivation used as a noun is common (polysemy count =8)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun derivation
8 senses of derivation
Sense 1
derivation
> beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
=> derivation
=> spring
=> fountainhead, headspring, head
=> headwaters
=> wellhead, wellspring
=> jumping-off place, point of departure
=> birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience
=> home
=> point source
=> trail head, trailhead
Sense 2
deriving, derivation, etymologizing
> explanation, account
=> simplification
=> accounting
=> reason
=> justification
=> exposition
=> explication
=> gloss, rubric
=> deriving, derivation, etymologizing
=> definition
=> interpretation
=> walk-through
Sense 3
derivation
> inference, illation
=> analogy
=> corollary
=> derivation
=> deduction, entailment, implication
=> extrapolation
=> presumption
Sense 4
derivation
> linguistic process
=> agglutination
=> assimilation
=> derivation
=> dissimilation
=> drift
=> fusion
=> infection
=> lexicalization, lexicalisation
=> metathesis
=> omission, deletion
=> syneresis, synaeresis
Sense 5
ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
> inheritance, hereditary pattern
=> ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
=> linkage, gene linkage
=> X-linked dominant inheritance
=> X-linked recessive inheritance
Sense 6
derivation
> drawing, drawing off
=> derivation
=> derivation
Sense 7
derivation
> drawing, drawing off
=> derivation
=> derivation
Sense 8
derivation
> act, human action, human activity
=> action
=> nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
=> leaning
=> motivation, motivating
=> assumption
=> rejection
=> forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice
=> derivation
=> activity
=> hire
=> wear, wearing
=> judgment, judgement, assessment
=> production
=> stay
=> residency, residence, abidance
=> inactivity
=> hindrance, hinderance, interference
=> stop, stoppage
=> group action
=> distribution
=> legitimation
=> waste, permissive waste
=> proclamation, promulgation
=> communication, communicating
=> speech act
Meronyms of noun derivation
8 senses of derivation
Sense 2
deriving, derivation, etymologizing
=> explanation, account
HAS PART: explicandum, explanandum
HAS PART: explanans
Holonyms of noun derivation
Grep of noun derivation
derivation
derivational morphology
Grep of adj derivation
derivational
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