Usually means: Originates from, comes from something.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word derives:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. derives: Merriam-Webster
  2. derives: Collins English Dictionary
  3. derives: Vocabulary.com
  4. Derives, derives: Wordnik
  5. derives: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. derives: Wiktionary
  7. derives: Dictionary.com
  8. derives: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Derives: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. derives: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. derives: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. derives: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. derives: Medical dictionary

(Note: See derive as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (derive)

verb:  (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
verb:  (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
verb:  (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
verb:  (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
verb:  (intransitive) To originate or stem (from).
verb:  To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
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