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What does come from mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word come from? Here's what it means.

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  1. (transitive) To have as one's birthplace or nationality.
  2. (transitive) To be derived from.
  3. (transitive, slightly informal) To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point.
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People who come from overseas for the match without a ticket are always prepared to fork out well above the going rate.
The pictures of our abode, the Eco House, could have come from a glossy interiors mag or a coffee table tome, even though I say so myself.
I don't deny that we all live in troubled times, whatever minority we come from.
The chairman, who will not come from any of the warring factions, is expected to be picked this week.
You might argue that he is an exception, but intellectual innovations usually come from the younger, less established, less qualified people.
Even if the bio-parents are drug abusers or drunkards, the child still has that yearning to know where they come from.

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