come from meaning
EN- VerbSGcomes fromPRcoming fromPTcame fromPREcom-
- (transitive) To have as one's birthplace or nationality.
- Most tourists in Mallorca come from England. My girlfriend comes from Sweden, but is black because her parents are Swedish.
- (transitive) To be derived from.
- 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.
- (transitive) To have as one's birthplace or nationality.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- To me, citing the letter is a bit like the whole Dumbledore is gay thing. Sure, we have the Word of God [1] that he is but I prefer my evidence to come from the text.
- While I come from Chile, my friend is from England, so I had to learn to speak English.
- Most tourists in Mallorca come from England. My girlfriend comes from Sweden, but is black because her parents are Swedish.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of come from in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary