come from

verb

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

   Ernst comes from Geneva

2. to originate from or derive from

   the word filibuster comes from the Dutch word for pirate

   chocolate comes from the cacao tree

3. where someone is coming from informal.
   the reasons for someone's behaviour, opinions, or comments

   I can understand where you're coming from

Example Sentences

Some of the money to fund these efforts could even come from part of the health savings in national budgets.

From Salon

"In order to recognise these signatures and reliably assign them to specific behaviours, we trained an AI using reference data. These reference data come from two white-backed vultures that we fitted with tags at Tierpark Berlin and from 27 wild vultures fitted with tags in Namibia."

From Science Daily

The big question, post Treble triumph, is where does the motivation come from?

From BBC

Johnson's views on sexual morality come from what critics of the religious right have deemed "purity culture."

From Salon

Much larger cuts could come from an executive order to implement an employment category called Schedule F, which would remove civil service protections from many federal jobs and allow political appointees to more easily fire those employees.

From Science Magazine

Related Words

• arise
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