stem from something - Longman Dictionary

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstem from something phrasal verbRESULTto develop as a result of something else His headaches stemmed from ... stemfromsomethingFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishstemfromsomethingphrasalverbRESULTtodevelopasaresultofsomethingelse  Hisheadachesstemmedfromvisionproblems.→stem→SeeVerbtableExamplesfromtheCorpusstemfrom•Muchofthefrictionstemmedfromadebateaboutwhichtechnologytouse.•In1993,awagegarnishmentwasfiledagainsthimstemmingfromadiamondsalegonesour.•Thecreeksplashesandgurglesinaseriesofdescendingpoolsstemmingfromasmallwaterfall.•Ourfearfulnotionsabouttheeffectsofgettingolderstemfromanearliertime.•Italsotriestosaythatwomen'sproblemsstemfromeithertheirsexualityorthefamily.•Inpart,thisstemsfromhistory.•Themodernanguishstemsfromtheabsurdityoftheallegory,onceitscenter,divineWill,isremoved.•Theexactdateofitsoriginalbuildingisdisputedbutitprobablystemsfromthelatefifthorearlysixthcentury. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Magic Clothes&fashion Horses Paintinganddrawing Seealltopics Wordoftheday escalate iffighting,violence,orabadsituationescalates,orifsomeoneescalatesit,itbecomesmuchworse VerbtablestemPresentI,you,we,theystemhe,she,itstems >ViewMore PastI,you,he,she,it,we,theystemmedPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavestemmedhe,she,ithasstemmedPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadstemmedFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillstemFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavestemmed >ViewLess PresentIamstemminghe,she,itisstemming >ViewMore you,we,theyarestemmingPastI,he,she,itwasstemmingyou,we,theywerestemmingPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavebeenstemminghe,she,ithasbeenstemmingPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadbeenstemmingFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillbestemmingFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavebeenstemming >ViewLess