Vocabulary
Derive
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
obtain something from (a specified source).
Urdu meaning
اخذ کرنا، حاصل کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Exports: Eighty per cent of Pakistan`s merchandise exports derive their raw material, such as ginned cotton, husked rice, leather and food products, from rural sources.
- The only arguments in its favour seek either to derive some pleasure from the idea of spiting judges, or to defendthe `stability` that it created.
- Hindutva groups derive financial and political sustenance from their presence in certain parts of the world, the US being the hub.
- MURDER for `honour` is craven compliance with customs that derive sustenance from blood.
- What tangible benefit can the people of either country derive from this?
Synonyms
obtain, get, take, gain, acquire, procure, extract, attain, glean
Curator example
“they derived great comfort from this assurance”
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