from
(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
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How to use from in a sentence
The bulk of the premiere actually put an unexpected spin on the ripped-from-the-headlines story.
‘Newsroom’ Premiere: Aaron Sorkin Puts CNN on Blast Over the Boston Bombing | Kevin Fallon | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut its title is a misnomer: The far-from-renegade Gay is a very good feminist.
Roxane Gay: Not Such a 'Bad Feminist' After All | Lizzie Crocker | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSays my wife, returning from the shower be-robed, towel-turbaned, and still smelling faintly of not-made-from-concentrate.
But a new crop of famous-from-birth models are trying to make it on their own…and they deserve to be taken seriously.
Michael Jackson's back-from-the-dead moonwalk stunned viewers at the Billboard Awards.
Michael Jackson's Crazy Billboard Awards Performance and More Hologram Wins and Fails (VIDEO) | The Daily Beast | May 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
They have a nodding-from-a-motor-acquaintance with it but I like a real handshake-friendship with it.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer MyersOnce more we found ourselves in the far-from-delectable town of Cape François.
Hurricane Hurry | W.H.G. KingstonIt was no good trying some tricky approach; his best bet was the straight-from-the-shoulder bit.
Greylorn | John Keith LaumerNow the fugitive-from-labor clause must be interpreted in part by the light of the Purpose of the Constitution.
The Trial of Theodore Parker | Theodore ParkerAnd again came that scent of cigar smoke-from the old saturated leather.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. | John Galsworthy
British Dictionary definitions for from
/ (frɒm, unstressed frəm) /
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
Origin of from
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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