ETYM Latin derivatio: cf. French dérivation. Related to Derive.
The source of a word or expression. English words are derived from a variety of other languages (see borrowing), especially Greek, Latin, Anglo-Saxon, and, after the Norman Conquest, French.
Many current expressions have survived the practices that gave rise to them; they are dead metaphors. “Getting the sack”, for instance, is derived from the time when workers brought their own tools in a sack. “Get your sack” meant you had lost your job.
1. (Descriptive linguistics) The process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: 'singer' from 'sing'; 'undo' from 'do'.
2. A line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions.
3. Drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body.
4. Drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation.
5. The source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues).
(Historical linguistics) An explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase; SYN. derivation, etymologizing.
The act of performing or executing; action
ETYM French exécution, Latin executio, exsecutio.
1. Putting a condemned person to death; SYN. executing, capital punishment, death penalty.
2. The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; SYN. implementation, carrying out.
3. The process of carrying out an instruction by a computer.
ETYM From Infer.
The reasoning involved in making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation; SYN. illation.
1. A dramatic or musical entertainment; or; SYN. public presentation.
2. Any recognized accomplishment
3. The act of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; SYN. execution, doing, carrying out, carrying into action.
4. The act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
ETYM Latin praesentatio a showing, representation: cf. French présentation.
1. The activity of presenting something.
2. The act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it.
3. The act of presenting a proposal.
4. The act of presenting something; SYN. presentment, demonstration.
5. Formally making a person known to another or to the public; SYN. introduction, intro.
The continuance of something begun with a view to its completion; SYN. prosecution.
1. Giving in acknowledgment of obligation.
2. Perspective drawing of an architect's design.