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  [fruhm, from; unstressed fruhm]
Use From in a Sentence
–preposition
1. (used to specify a starting point in spatial movement): a train running west from Chicago.
2. (used to specify a starting point in an expression of limits): The number of stores will be increased from 25 to 30.
3. (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.
4. (used to express discrimination or distinction): to be excluded from membership; to differ from one's father.
5. (used to indicate source or origin): to come from the Midwest; to take a pencil from one's pocket.
6. (used to indicate agent or instrumentality): death from starvation.
7. (used to indicate cause or reason): From the evidence, he must be guilty.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME; OE, var. of fram from (prep.), forward (adv.); c. Goth fram, ON frā (see fro ), fram (adv.)
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from   (frŭm, frŏm; frəm when unstressed)   
prep.  

    1. Used to indicate a specified place or time as a starting point: walked home from the station; from six o'clock on. See Usage Notes at escape, whence.

    2. Used to indicate a specified point as the first of two limits: from grades four to six.

  2. Used to indicate a source, cause, agent, or instrument: a note from the teacher; taking a book from the shelf.

  3. Used to indicate separation, removal, or exclusion: keep someone from making a mistake; liberation from bondage.

  4. Used to indicate differentiation: know right from wrong.

  5. Because of: faint from hunger.


[Middle English, from Old English fram, forward, from; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

from 
O.E. fram, originally "forward movement, advancement," evolving into sense of "movement away," from P.Gmc. *fr- (cf. Goth. fram "from, away," O.N. fra "from," fram "forward"), corresponding to PIE *pr- (see pro).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
FROM

  1. full range of motion

  2. full range of movement

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