from

[ fruhm, from; unstressed fruhm ]

/ frʌm, frɒm; unstressed frəm /

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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

froideur, Froissart, frôlement, frolic, frolicsome, from, fromage, fromage frais, from bad to worse, Frome, Fromentin

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from

/ (frɒm, unstressed frəm) /

preposition

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

in a period of time starting athe lived from 1910 to 1970

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

used to indicate a lower amountfrom five to fifty pounds

showing the model ofpainted from life

used with the gerund to mark prohibition, restraint, etcnothing prevents him from leaving

because ofexhausted 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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释义	from [ fruhm, from; unstressed fruhm ] / frʌm, frɒm; unstressed frəm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR from ON THESAURUS.COM 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 froideur, Froissart, frôlement, frolic, frolicsome, from, fromage, fromage frais, from bad to worse, Frome, Fromentin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for from from / (frɒm, unstressed frəm) / preposition used to indicate the original location, situation, etcfrom Paris to Rome; from behind the bushes; from childhood to adulthood in a period of time starting athe lived from 1910 to 1970 used to indicate the distance between two things or placesa hundred miles from here used to indicate a lower amountfrom five to fifty pounds showing the model ofpainted from life used with the gerund to mark prohibition, restraint, etcnothing prevents him from leaving because ofexhausted 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to from against
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