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: she 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 people showing the model of: painted from life used with the gerund to mark prohibition, restraint, etc: nothing prevents her from leaving because of: exhausted from his walk
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from /frʌm, frɑm; unstressed frəm/USA pronunciation
prep.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- (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.
from
(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)
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