from
Part of speech: prep
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English from (“from”), from Old English from, fram (“forward, from”), from Proto-West Germanic *fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram (“forward, from, away”). Cognate with Old Saxon fram (“from”) and Old High German fram (“from”), Danish frem (“forth, forward”), Danish fra (“from”), Swedish fram (“forth, forward”), Swedish från (“from”), Norwegian Nynorsk fram (“forward”), Norwegian Nynorsk frå (“from”), Icelandic fram (“forward, on”), Icelandic frá (“from”), Albanian pre, prej. More at fro.
Inflected forms:
form: frome
pos: prep
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Used to indicate source or provenance.
pos: prep
examples: Paul is from New Zealand.
I got a letter from my brother.
You can't get all your news from the Internet.
Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…]made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
gloss: Originating at (a year, time, etc.)
pos: prep
examples: This manuscript is from the 1980s.
gloss: Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
pos: prep
examples: He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
He departed yesterday from Chicago.
This figure has been changed from a one to a seven.
Face away from the wall!
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
gloss: Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
pos: prep
examples: The working day runs from 9 am to 5 pm.
Tickets are available from 17th July.
The store will be open from nine in the morning, but I’ll be at home from Wed. evening (on).
gloss: Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
pos: prep
examples: Rate your pain from 1 to 10.
Start counting from 1.
gloss: Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
pos: prep
examples: You can study anything from math to literature.
gloss: Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
pos: prep
examples: It's hard to tell from here.
Try to see it from his point of view.
The bomb went off just 100 yards from where they were standing.
From the top of the lighthouse you can just see the mainland.
gloss: Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
pos: prep
tags: Multicultural-London-English
examples: I’ve been doing this from pickney.
I’ve been a bad boy from a little youth.
gloss: Indicating removal or separation.
pos: prep
examples: After twenty minutes, remove the cake from the oven.
The general was ousted from power.
gloss: Indicating removal or separation.
pos: prep
tags: UK
examples: 20 from 31 leaves 11.
gloss: Indicating exclusion.
pos: prep
examples: She was barred from entering.
A parasol protects from the sun.
gloss: Indicating differentiation.
pos: prep
examples: Your opinions differ from mine.
He knows right from wrong.
In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
gloss: Produced with or out of (a substance or material).
pos: prep
examples: It's made from pure gold.
gloss: Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.
pos: prep
examples: Too many people die from breast cancer.
Antonyms: to
Derived words: abstract away from
appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober
bang from the buck
buy out from under
come from below
come in from the cold
drink from the fire hydrant
a distance
all accounts
all reports
an early age
a standing start
A to Z
away
behind
cradle to grave
day to day
father to son
first to last
here on in
here on out
home
Kashmir to Kanyakumari
memory
moment to moment
off of
someone's mouth to God's ears
that time on
the first
the river to the sea
the top
this time on
fromward
fromwards
week to week
get out from under
gift from heaven
gift from the goddesses
gift from the Gods
gift from the heavens
grin from ear to ear
grow away from
hell from above
hencefrom
herefrom
know one's arse from one's elbow
know one's head from one's ass
know someone from Eve
let this cup pass from me
manna from heaven
Nina from Carolina
Nina from Pasadena
putt from the rough
raise from the dead
roll from one's tongue
roll from the tongue
run away from
run from the tongue
sell out from under
separate the men from the boys
separation from bed and board
shit from a butt
speech from the throne
squeeze blood from a turnip
take one's cue from
thencefrom
therefrom
trip from the tongue
whencefrom
wherefrom
with effect from
you can't pour from an empty cup
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: مِن
roman: min
lang: Arabic
word: عَنْ
roman: ʕan
lang: Arabic
word: من
roman: men
lang: Aramaic
word: מן
roman: min
lang: Aramaic
word: ܡܢ
roman: min
lang: Aromanian
word: dit
lang: Aromanian
word: ditru
lang: Belizean Creole
word: fahn
lang: Bengali
word: হতে
roman: hote
lang: Bengali
word: হইতে
roman: hoite
lang: Central Bikol
word: gikan
lang: Catalan
word: de
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 從 /从
roman: cung⁴
lang: Chinese
word: 按
roman: àn
lang: Chinese
word: 對 /对
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 從 /从
roman: cóng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 自
roman: zì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 由
roman: yóu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 由於 /由于
roman: yóuyú
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 出於 /出于
roman: chūyú
lang: Czech
word: z
lang: Czech
word: ze
lang: Czech
word: od
lang: Danish
word: fra
lang: Dutch
word: van
lang: Dutch
word: uit
lang: Esperanto
word: el
lang: Esperanto
word: de
lang: Esperanto
word: ekde
lang: Estonian
word: -st
lang: Estonian
word: -lt
lang: Finnish
word: -sta
lang: Finnish
word: -lta
lang: French
word: de
lang: West-Frisian
word: fan
lang: Galician
word: dende
lang: German
word: von
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀπό
roman: apó
lang: Mycenaean Greek
word: 𐀀𐀢
roman: a-pu
lang: Hebrew
word: מ־
roman: mi-, me-
lang: Hebrew
word: מִן
roman: mín
lang: Hungarian
word: -ból
lang: Hungarian
word: -ből
lang: Hungarian
word: -tól
lang: Hungarian
word: -től
lang: Icelandic
word: frá
lang: Interlingua
word: de
lang: Irish
word: ó
lang: Italian
word: da
lang: Italian
word: di
lang: Japanese
word: から
roman: kara
lang: Japanese
word: より
roman: yori
lang: Kapampangan
word: ibat
lang: Khmer
word: ពី
roman: pii
lang: Korean
word: 부터
roman: buteo
lang: Korean
word: 에서
roman: eseo
lang: Latin
word: ab
lang: Latin
word: a
lang: Lithuanian
word: nuo
lang: Macedonian
word: од
roman: od
lang: Malay
word: dari
lang: Maltese
word: minn
lang: Manchu
word: ᠴᡳ
roman: ci
lang: Manchu
word: ᡩ᠋ᡝ᠋ᡵᡳ
roman: deri
lang: Mòcheno
word: va
lang: Mon
word: နူ
roman: nū
lang: Nepali
word: बाट
roman: bāṭa
lang: Norwegian
word: fra
lang: Polish
word: z
lang: Portuguese
word: de
lang: Rapa Nui
word: mai
lang: Romanian
word: din de la
lang: Russian
word: из
roman: iz
lang: Russian
word: от
roman: ot
lang: Russian
word: с
roman: s
lang: Scots
word: fae
lang: Scots
word: frae
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: à
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: às
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: bho
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: o
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: из
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: од
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: iz
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: od
lang: Slovak
word: od
lang: Slovak
word: z
lang: Slovak
word: zo
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: wót
lang: Spanish
word: de
lang: Spanish
word: desde
lang: Spanish
word: por parte de
lang: Swedish
word: från
lang: Tagalog
word: galing
lang: Tamil
word: இருந்து
roman: iruntu
lang: Tibetan
word: ནས
roman: nas
lang: Tigrinya
word: ካብ
roman: kab
lang: Turkish
word: -den
lang: Turkish
word: -dan
lang: Turkish
word: -ten
lang: Turkish
word: -tan
lang: Venetan
word: de
lang: Wutunhua
word: -la
lang: Xibe
word: ᡩ᠋ᡝ᠋ᠷᡞ
roman: deri
lang: Yiddish
word: פֿון
roman: fun
lang: Zazaki
word: ra (diq)