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zero derived

zero derived is the simple past and past participle 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...

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What is zero derived the simple past and past participle of?
Zero derived is the simple past and past participle of zero derive.

Words near zero derived in the dictionary

  1. zero days
  2. zero deflection
  3. zero derivation
  4. zero derivations
  5. zero derive
  6. zero derived
  7. zero derives
  8. zero deriving
  9. zero divisor
  10. zero divisors
  11. zero ending

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