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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024from /frʌm, frɑm; unstressed frəm/USA pronunciation prep. - (used to specify a starting point in space or time):a train running west from Chicago; from six o'clock to ten o'clock.
- (used to specify a starting point in an expression of limits or amounts):The number will be increased from 25 to 30.
- (used to express the idea of being removed or separated):The house is two miles from the shore.
- (used to express discrimination or separation into different kinds):excluded from membership in that private club.
- (used to indicate the source or origin):My wife comes from the Midwest.
- (used to indicate agent, means, cause, or reason):Death was from starvation.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024from (frum, from; unstressed frəm),USA pronunciation prep. - (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.
- bef. 950; Middle English; Old English, variant of fram from (preposition), forward (adverb, adverbial); cognate with Gothic fram, Old Norse frā (see fro), fram (adverb, adverbial)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: from /frɒm; (unstressed) frəm/ prep - 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
Etymology: Old English fram; related to Old Norse frā, Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic fram from, Greek promos foremost |