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from
[ fruhm, from; unstressed fruhm ]
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.
from
/ frɒm; frəm /
preposition
- used to indicate the original location, situation, etc
from behind the bushes
from Paris to Rome
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
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of from1
Example Sentences
James wore a shirt exactly like it during pregame warmups on Feb. 10, a very public signal from someone rarely subtle that he was ready to embrace the partnership put on him when the Lakers made the midseason trade that gave the team two of the NBA’s best big-game players.
With each miss, the murmurs from the crowd grew longer, the fans mirroring the Lakers and their fading chances.
The Lakers fought back from 14 down to lead on a Dorian Finney-Smith three, trading scores with the Timberwolves to trail by just one heading to the fourth.
An Assembly committee backed away on Wednesday night from a controversial provision in a proposed bill to end solar credits for 2 million owners of rooftop solar systems, saying it would apply only to those who sold their homes.
Several members of the Assembly Utilities & Energy Committee said at the hearing that their offices have been overwhelmed with calls and emails from solar customers.
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