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{
"form": "comes from",
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},
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{
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},
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},
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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{
"text": "Most tourists in Mallorca come from England. My girlfriend comes from Sweden.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1993 December 12, Jim Sheridan, Terry George, In the Name of the Father, spoken by Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis), distributed by Universal Pictures",
"text": "To explain how I happened to be in England in 1974 at the time of the bombing, I better take you back to Northern Ireland, where I come from.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To have as one's birthplace or nationality."
],
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],
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"(transitive) To have as one's birthplace or nationality."
],
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"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
"word": "來自"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "láizì",
"sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
"word": "来自"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
"word": "pärit olema"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
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"ablative",
"with-elative"
],
"word": "tulla"
},
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"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"with-elative"
],
"word": "olla"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
"word": "vir de"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
"word": "ser de"
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"ref": "2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4, page 264",
"text": "Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.",
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}
],
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"To be derived from."
],
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"derive",
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],
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"(transitive) To be derived from."
],
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"_dis1": "0 86 14",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yuánzì",
"sense": "be derived from",
"word": "源自"
},
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"_dis1": "0 86 14",
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"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "be derived from",
"word": "pärit olema"
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{
"_dis1": "0 86 14",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be derived from",
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"ablative",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 86 14",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be derived from",
"word": "polveutua"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 86 14",
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "šočaš",
"sense": "be derived from",
"word": "шочаш"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 86 14",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be derived from",
"word": "vir de"
}
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "drive at"
},
{
"word": "get at"
}
],
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"text": "Even though I have a more progressive philosophy, I can understand where he's coming from. There was a time in my life when it was hard for me to adapt to change, myself.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point."
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"(transitive, slightly informal) To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point."
],
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"_dis1": "14 29 58",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "not used for expressions like \"... where one is coming from\"",
"sense": "derive one's opinions from",
"word": "perustaa näkemyksensä"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 29 58",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "derive one's opinions from",
"word": "ver o lado de"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 29 58",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "for expressions like \"...where one is coming from\"",
"sense": "derive one's opinions from",
"word": "entender"
}
]
}
],
"word": "come from"
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"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (from)",
"English verbs"
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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{
"form": "came from",
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
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{
"text": "Most tourists in Mallorca come from England. My girlfriend comes from Sweden.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1993 December 12, Jim Sheridan, Terry George, In the Name of the Father, spoken by Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis), distributed by Universal Pictures",
"text": "To explain how I happened to be in England in 1974 at the time of the bombing, I better take you back to Northern Ireland, where I come from.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To have as one's birthplace or nationality."
],
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[
"birthplace",
"birthplace"
],
[
"nationality",
"nationality"
]
],
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"(transitive) To have as one's birthplace or nationality."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
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},
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"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4, page 264",
"text": "Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be derived from."
],
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[
"derive",
"derive"
]
],
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"(transitive) To be derived from."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
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{
"word": "drive at"
},
{
"word": "get at"
}
],
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Even though I have a more progressive philosophy, I can understand where he's coming from. There was a time in my life when it was hard for me to adapt to change, myself.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point."
],
"links": [
[
"starting point",
"starting point"
]
],
"qualifier": "slightly informal",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, slightly informal) To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
"word": "來自"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "láizì",
"sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
"word": "来自"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
"word": "pärit olema"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"with-elative"
],
"word": "tulla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"with-elative"
],
"word": "olla"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
"word": "vir de"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
"word": "ser de"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yuánzì",
"sense": "be derived from",
"word": "源自"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "be derived from",
"word": "pärit olema"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be derived from",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"with-elative"
],
"word": "tulla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be derived from",
"word": "polveutua"
},
{
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "šočaš",
"sense": "be derived from",
"word": "шочаш"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be derived from",
"word": "vir de"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "not used for expressions like \"... where one is coming from\"",
"sense": "derive one's opinions from",
"word": "perustaa näkemyksensä"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "derive one's opinions from",
"word": "ver o lado de"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "for expressions like \"...where one is coming from\"",
"sense": "derive one's opinions from",
"word": "entender"
}
],
"word": "come from"
}
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