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zero derives

zero derives is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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...

Questions about zero derives

What is zero derives the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Zero derives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of zero derive.

Words near zero derives in the dictionary

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

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