"come from" meaning in English

See come from in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: comes from [present, singular, third-person], coming from [participle, present], came from [past], come from [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> from}} come from (third-person singular simple present comes from, present participle coming from, simple past came from, past participle come from)
  1. (transitive) To have as one's birthplace or nationality. Tags: transitive Translations (have as one's birthplace or nationality): 來自 (Chinese Mandarin), 来自 (láizì) (Chinese Mandarin), pärit olema (Estonian), tulla [ablative, with-elative] (Finnish), olla [ablative, with-elative] (Finnish), vir de (Portuguese), ser de (Portuguese), đến từ (Vietnamese), quê ở (Vietnamese), [colloquial] (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-come_from-en-verb-sXMlSY8v Disambiguation of "have as one's birthplace or nationality": 95 0 5
  2. (transitive) To be derived from. Tags: transitive Translations (be derived from): 源自 (yuánzì) (Chinese Mandarin), шочаш (šočaš) (Eastern Mari), pärit olema (Estonian), tulla [ablative, with-elative] (Finnish), polveutua (Finnish), vir de (Portuguese), đến từ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-come_from-en-verb-VEnoE5aZ Disambiguation of 'be derived from': 0 86 14
  3. (transitive, slightly informal) To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point. Tags: transitive Translations (derive one's opinions from): perustaa näkemyksensä (note: not used for expressions like "... where one is coming from") (Finnish), ver o lado de (Portuguese), entender (note: for expressions like "...where one is coming from") (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-come_from-en-verb-cUsarXjy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "from", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Eastern Mari translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 30 56 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "from": 11 34 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 21 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 25 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 14 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 17 10 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Eastern Mari translations: 9 6 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 30 14 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 14 59 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 19 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 26 14 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 24 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 14 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 30 14 56 Disambiguation of "derive one's opinions from": 14 29 57

Inflected forms

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      "form": "came from",
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          "text": "Most tourists in Mallorca come from England. My girlfriend comes from Sweden.",
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        {
          "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.",
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        "(transitive) To have as one's birthplace or nationality."
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          "_dis1": "95 0 5",
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          "word": "vir de"
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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 57",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "derive one's opinions from",
          "word": "perustaa näkemyksensä"
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          "word": "ver o lado de"
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  "word": "come from"
}
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        "(transitive) To have as one's birthplace or nationality."
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    {
      "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"
    },
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      "sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
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      "sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
      "tags": [
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        "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": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
      "word": "đến từ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
      "word": "quê ở"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "have as one's birthplace or nationality",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ở"
    },
    {
      "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"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be derived from",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tulla"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be derived from",
      "word": "polveutua"
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      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "šočaš",
      "sense": "be derived from",
      "word": "шочаш"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "be derived from",
      "word": "vir de"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "be derived from",
      "word": "đến từ"
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      "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"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "for expressions like \"...where one is coming from\"",
      "sense": "derive one's opinions from",
      "word": "entender"
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  ],
  "word": "come from"
}

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