From Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition From? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Derivations, Antonyms, Example sentences, Synonyms, Related sentences, Words ending with From, Words starting with From, How to pronounce and more...

From meaning

Word: From

How to pronounce: frɒm

Preposition

Definitions:

1. Indicating the point in space at which a journey, motion, or action starts.

Example sentences: "She began to walk away from him"

2. Indicating the point in time at which a particular process, event, or activity starts.

3. Indicating the source or provenance of someone or something.

Example sentences: "I'm from Hartford"

4. Indicating the starting point of a specified range on a scale.

Example sentences: "Men who ranged in age from seventeen to eighty-four"

5. Indicating the point at which an observer is placed.

Example sentences: "You can see the island from here"

6. Indicating the raw material out of which something is manufactured.

Example sentences: "A varnish made from copal"

7. Indicating separation or removal.

Example sentences: "The party was ousted from power after sixteen years"

8. Indicating prevention.

Example sentences: "The story of how he was saved from death"

9. Indicating a cause.

Example sentences: "A child suffering from asthma"

10. Indicating a source of knowledge or the basis for one's judgment.

Example sentences: "Information obtained from papers, books, and presentations"

11. Indicating a distinction.

Example sentences: "The courts view him in a different light from that of a manual worker"


Synonyms:

of

by

in

out of

at


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From in Other Languages...

Spanish: De

German: Von

French: De

Italian: Da

Turkish: Itibaren


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