derive
verb (used with object)
to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed byfrom ).
will derive
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future tenseof derive.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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But “The Singing Word: 168 Years of Poetry from The Atlantic” is lovely, both as a collection and in the pleasure and enlightenment readers will derive from individual poems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
"But if I can do it, I will derive more satisfaction from this job than from going somewhere else and being a portfolio manager."
From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2023
Some view the situation as a great equalizer, because no one will derive any sort of advantage from past experience.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
Inevitably, the board will take some actions that Facebook itself disagrees with, and from that tension the board will derive its legitimacy.
From The Verge ● Sep. 29, 2020
These representations can only extend for a few nights, and they will derive additional interest from the fact that Mdlle.
From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 by James H. Mapleson
