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View synonyms for from
from
[ fruhm, from; unstressed fruhm ]
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.
from
/ frɒm; frəm /
preposition
- used to indicate the original location, situation, etc
from behind the bushes
from Paris to Rome
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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of from1
Old English fram ; related to Old Norse frā , Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic fram from, Greek promos foremost
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