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zero-derive

zero-derive is the alternative spelling of zero derive.

Meaning of zero derive

Verb

zero derive (third-person singular simple present zero derives, present participle zero deriving, simple past and past participle zero derived)

  1. To derive a word from another word (of a differing part of speech) without modification; to perform zero derivation.
    • Table 2. Thirty adjective lexemes which zero-derive into verbs.1986, Terence Odlin, “Markedness and the zero-derived denominal verb in English: synchronic, diachronic, and acquisition correlates”, in Fred Eckman, Edith A. Moravcsik, Jessica Wirth, editors...

Forms of zero-derive

third-person singular presentzero-derives
present participlezero-deriving
past participlezero-derived
pastzero-derived

Questions about zero-derive

What is zero-derive the alternative spelling of?
Zero-derive is the alternative spelling of zero derive.

Words near zero-derive in the dictionary

  1. zero-coupon notes
  2. zero-day
  3. zero-days
  4. zero-derivation
  5. zero-derivations
  6. zero-derive
  7. zero-derived
  8. zero-derives
  9. zero-deriving
  10. zero-dimensional
  11. zero-dimensional chess

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