come from
Britishverb
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to be or have been a resident or native (of)
Ernst comes from Geneva
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to originate from or derive from
chocolate comes from the cacao tree
the word filibuster comes from the Dutch word for pirate
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informal the reasons for someone's behaviour, opinions, or comments
I can understand where you're coming from
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See come out of .
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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 .
Example Sentences
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The Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers combined for 13 runs, 23 hits and three home runs Monday at Comerica Park, but the biggest thrills of the game didn’t come from either team’s roster.
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
"I'm blessed that I've come from a long line of commercial fishing, and I'm blessed that I had the opportunity to do it," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Much of what scientists know about genetic diversity has come from studying changes in individual DNA base pairs, such as an A changing to a G or a T changing to a C.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
She began to tell me all about the animals we were hearing, their names, the countries they had come from, their personalities, who was friends with who, all their funny habits.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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