phrasal verb · neutral
stem from
UK/stem frɒm/US/stem frəm/stem·from
task2speaking
to originate from; to be caused by something
Examples
“Many social problems stem from inequality and lack of opportunity.”
“The current shortage stems from poor planning in the past decade.”
“Misunderstandings often stem from poor communication.”
Band 8 sentence
“Many contemporary political tensions stem from historical grievances that have been left unresolved.”
Collocations
- stem from poor planning
- stem from historical factors
Word family
stem from verb phrasestemmed from verb phrase (past)
Common mistakes
stem of→stem from
stems from to→stems from
Say it for a higher band
5come from→6originate from→7+stem from
Synonyms
originate from
Easily confused
result from
“The flooding resulted from heavy rainfall over several days.”
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