come from

British  

verb

1. to be or have been a resident or native (of)

   Ernst comes from Geneva

2. to originate from or derive from

   chocolate comes from the cacao tree

   the word filibuster comes from the Dutch word for pirate

3. informal the reasons for someone's behaviour, opinions, or comments

   I can understand where you're coming from

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come from Idioms  

1. See come out of .

2. Arrive from someone or somewhere, as in This package just came from Alice , or Where did these chairs come from? [c. 1300] Also see where one is coming from .

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Example Sentences

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come from

The PIN would come from ID such as a driver’s license or could be generated from the county.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

From that point, the U.S. would keep 90% of the revenue, which would come from OpenAI, a future buyer of the energy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Physicians use billing codes that come from the Current Procedural Terminology system, which the AMA developed in the 1960s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Those limitations, combined with rapamycin's potential toxicity and the fact that the findings come from animal experiments, make the drug unsuitable for widespread use in humans.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

There was a sharp plink, but he couldn’t see where the sound had come from.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Related Words

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