stem

/stem/ verb [T] (present participle stemming, past tense and past participle stemmed)

Translation

› to stop something from continuing or increasing

durdurmak, engel olmak, önlemek, artışını engellemek

The new procedures are intended to stem the flow of drugs into the country.15551872

stem from sth phrasal verb

› to develop as the result of something

...dan/den kaynaklanmak/doğmak/ileri gelmek

Her problems stem from childhood.1553

(Definition of stem verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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