7. deriveed forms
INDEX
D1
derive
1 derive derives deriving derived
If you derive something such as pleasure or benefit from a person or from something, you get it from them. (FORMAL)
Mr Ying is one of those happy people who derive pleasure from helping others.
VB
2 derive derives deriving derived
If you say that something such as a word or feeling derives or is derived from something else, you mean that it comes from that thing.
The name Anastasia is derived from a Greek word meaning `of the resurrection''.
...defensive behaviour patterns which derive from our subconscious fears.
V-ERG
= stem from
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T1
derive from
verb
come from, arise from, emanate from, flow from, issue from, originate from, proceed from, spring from, stem from
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D2
dermatitis
dermatitis
Dermatitis is a medical condition which makes your skin red and painful.
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D3
dermatologist
dermatologist dermatologists
A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
N-COUNT
?dermatology
These drugs are of great value, particularly in dermatology and the treatment of asthma.
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D4
derogatory
derogatory
If you make a derogatory remark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them.
He refused to withdraw derogatory remarks made about his boss.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
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T2
derogatory
derogatory
adjective
disparaging, belittling, defamatory, offensive, slighting, uncomplimentary, unfavourable, unflattering
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D5
derrick
1 derrick derricks
A derrick is a machine that is used to move cargo on a ship by lifting it in the air.
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2 derrick derricks
A derrick is a tower built over an oil well which is used to raise and lower the drill.
N-COUNT
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D6
derring-do
derring-do
Derring-do is the quality of being bold, often in a rather showy or foolish way. (OLD-FASHIONED)
N-UNCOUNT
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D7
dervish
dervish dervishes
A dervish is a member of a Muslim religious group which has a very active and lively dance as part of its worship. If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
In the heart of the Anatolian steppe, dervishes still whirl on festive occasions in mystic union with God.
Brian was whirling like a dervish, slapping at the mosquitoes and moaning.
N-COUNT
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D8
desalination
desalination
Desalination is the process of removing salt from sea water so that it can be used for drinking, or for watering crops.
N-UNCOUNT
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D9
descant
descant descants
A descant is a tune which is played or sung above the main tune in a piece of music.
An elderly woman, arms crossed, sang the descant.
N-COUNT
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D10
descend
1 descend descends descending descended
If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level. (FORMAL)
Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar.
She walked over to the carpeted stairs at the end of the corridor and descended one flight.
VB
= go down * rise
2 descend descends descending descended
When a mood or atmosphere descends on a place or on the people there, it affects them by spreading among them. (LITERARY)
An uneasy calm descended on the area.
A reverent hush descended on the multitude.
VB
= fall
3 descend descends descending descended
If a large group of people arrive to see you, especially if their visit is unexpected or causes you a lot of work, you can say that they have descended on you.
Some 3,000 city officials will descend on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to lobby for more money.
Curious tourists and reporters from around the globe are descending upon the peaceful villages.
VB
= invade
4 descend descends descending descended
When night, dusk, or darkness descends, it starts to get dark. (LITERARY)
Darkness has now descended and the moon and stars shine hazily in the clear sky.
VB
= fall
5 descend descends descending descended
If you say that someone descends to behaviour which you consider unacceptable, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they do it.
We''re not going to descend to such methods.
She''s got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.
VB disapproval
= stoop, sink
6 descend descends descending descended
When you want to emphasize that the situation that someone is entering is very bad, you can say that they are descending into that situation.
He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos.
VB emphasis
= fall, slide
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T3
descend
verb
1 move down, drop, fall, go down, plummet, plunge, sink, subside, tumble
2 slope, dip, incline, slant
3 lower oneself, degenerate, deteriorate, stoop
4 be descended
originate, be handed down, be passed down, derive, issue, proceed, spring
5 descend on
attack, arrive, invade, raid, swoop
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T4
descent
noun
1 coming down, drop, fall, plunge, swoop
2 slope, declivity, dip, drop, incline, slant
3 ancestry, extraction, family tree, genealogy, lineage, origin, parentage
4 decline, degeneration, deterioration
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T5
describe
verb
1 relate, depict, explain, express, narrate, portray, recount, report, tell
2 trace, delineate, draw, mark out, outline
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T6
description
noun
1 account, depiction, explanation, narrative, portrayal, report, representation, sketch
2 kind, brand, category, class, order, sort, type, variety
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T7
desert
noun
wilderness, solitude, waste, wasteland, wilds
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T8
desert
verb
abandon, abscond, forsake, jilt, leave, leave stranded, maroon, quit, strand, walk out on (informal)
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T9
deserted
adjective
abandoned, derelict, desolate, empty, forsaken, neglected, unoccupied, vacant
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