from

[ fruhm, from; unstressed fruh m ]

/ frʌm, frɒm; unstressed frəm /

preposition

(used to specify a starting point in spatial movement): a train running west from Chicago.

(used to specify a starting point in an expression of limits): The number of stores will be increased from 25 to 30.

(used to express removal or separation, as in space, time, or order): two miles from shore; 30 minutes from now; from one page to the next.

(used to express discrimination or distinction): to be excluded from membership; to differ from one's father.

(used to indicate source or origin): to come from the Midwest; to take a pencil from one's pocket.

(used to indicate agent or instrumentality): death from starvation.

(used to indicate cause or reason): From the evidence, he must be guilty.

Origin of from

before 950; Middle English; Old English, variant of fram from (preposition), forward (adv.); cognate with Gothic fram, Old Norse frā (see fro), fram (adv.)

Words nearby from

frohman, froideur, froissart, frolic, frolicsome, from, from bad to worse, from first to last, from hand to hand, from hand to mouth, from head to toe

British Dictionary definitions for from

from

/ (frɒm, unstressed frəm) /

preposition

used to indicate the original location, situation, etc from Paris to Rome; from behind the bushes; from childhood to adulthood

in a period of time starting at he lived from 1910 to 1970

used to indicate the distance between two things or places a hundred miles from here

used to indicate a lower amount from five to fifty pounds

showing the model of painted from life

used with the gerund to mark prohibition, restraint, etc nothing prevents him from leaving

because of exhausted from his walk

Word Origin for from

Old English fram; related to Old Norse frā, Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic fram from, Greek promos foremost

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