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Meaning of "where someone is coming from" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHERE SOMEONE IS COMING FROM

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WHAT DOES WHERE SOMEONE IS COMING FROM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of where someone is coming from in the English dictionary

The definition of where someone is coming from in the dictionary is the reasons for someone's behaviour, opinions, or comments.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHERE SOMEONE IS COMING FROM

where
where it´s at
where one lives
where´er
whereabout
whereabouts
whereafter
whereas
whereat
whereby
wherefor
wherefore
wherefores
wherefrom
wherein
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereness
whereof
whereon

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHERE SOMEONE IS COMING FROM

anywhere from
apart from
as from
aside from
come from
far from
from
herefrom
keep from
other from
suffer from
therefrom
wherefrom

Synonyms and antonyms of where someone is coming from in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «where someone is coming from» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHERE SOMEONE IS COMING FROM

Find out the translation of where someone is coming from to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of where someone is coming from from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «where someone is coming from» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

如果有人是来自
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en la que alguien está viniendo
570 millions of speakers

English

where someone is coming from
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जहां किसी से आ रही है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فيها شخص قادم من
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

где кто прибывает из
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

onde alguém está vindo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যেখানে কেউ আসছে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

où quelqu´un vient de
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Di mana seseorang datang dari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wo jemand herkommt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

どこの誰かから来ている
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어디 사람이 오고있다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngendi wong teka saka
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nơi một người nào đó đến từ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யாரோ இருந்து வருகிறார்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोणीतरी येत असेल तिथे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kimse nerden geliyor
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dove qualcuno sta venendo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gdzie ktoś przychodzi z
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

де хто прибуває з
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în cazul în care cineva vine de la
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όταν κάποιος έρχεται από
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waar iemand vandaan kom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

där någon kommer från
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hvor noen kommer fra
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of where someone is coming from

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHERE SOMEONE IS COMING FROM»

The term «where someone is coming from» is normally little used and occupies the 136.361 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHERE SOMEONE IS COMING FROM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about where someone is coming from

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHERE SOMEONE IS COMING FROM»

Discover the use of where someone is coming from in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to where someone is coming from and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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99 Essential Business Idioms and Phrasal Verbs: Succeed in ...
Business Idiom: Where Someone is Coming from Meaning: Intentions of people Examples: If you don't understand where your employees are coming from when addressing concerns, it will be harder to come to reasonable decisions.
Zhanna Hamilton
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Situatedness, Or, Why We Keep Saying Where We’re Coming From
In the language of the 1990s it is not enough to recognize or acknowledge another's situation as having some alien integrity, to hear where someone "is coming from." Dewey requires that all must change their (our) habits and routines .
David Simpson, 2002
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Homo Luminous: Changing the Channels of Human Awareness
By understanding where someone is coming from, one is better able to approach that person on terms that mean the most to both. It must also be remembered that spoken language is only one hallmark of each level of consciousness.
P. W. Brown, 2011
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
where someone is coming from or where someone is dated slang what they are saying or getting at; what their view or opinion is. © Anglo-Saxon hwaer. whereabouts e» adverb where or roughly where? o- singular or plural noun the position ...
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Leading God's Way
Knowing where someone is coming from also helps me know how to deal with that person and gives me the ability to understand his point of view. As a result, I can dialogue with him in a way that brings about common understanding.
Steve Little, 2010
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Lushootseed Dictionary
For example, it could be answered tulrfal £xt sJltPifd^falii 'I am from Seattle', meaning simply that I live there now. tul'JZiid could also (with appropriate aspectual prefixes) simply ask where someone is coming from.) *• ?itvtad which, which one, ...
Dawn Bates, Thom Hess, Hilbert, Vi, 1994
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Basic Russian: A Grammar and Workbook
The question word/interrogative adverb откуда asks where someone is from: Откуда ты? or where someone is coming from: Откуда ты идёшь? The answer to this question is supplied in an adverbial phrase of place/ origin introduced by one ...
John Murray, Sarah Smyth, 2013
8
Flow of Life
... time studying human beings from a psychological perspective, will know that you can usually deduce where someone is coming from, by listening to the first sentence they speak to you, mixed with a first physical impression upon the eye.
Phil Murray, 2005
9
Readings for Diversity and Social Justice
When we try to understand where someone is "coming from," we end up superimposing our life experience on theirs. Be open-minded. Accept your views as just one of many possible filters on reality, while accepting someone else's views as ...
Maurianne Adams, 2000
10
Accountability Now!: Living the Ten Principles of Personal ...
Curiosity means that I am willing to ask questions and listen actively to fully understand where someone is coming from—i.e., I seek to understand his/her reality. In order to do this skillfully, I must be in the moment, be authentic and humanistic, ...
Mark Sasscer, Maureen McNeill, 2010

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Where someone is coming from [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/where-someone-is-coming-from>. May 2024 ».
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