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from Definition


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from
prep
    1. Indicating a starting-point in place or time.
      Example: from London to Glasgow
      Example: crippled from birth
    2. Indicating a lower limit.
      Example: tickets from £12 upwards
    3. Indicating repeated progression.
      Example: trail from shop to shop
    4. Indicating movement out of.
      Example: took a letter from the drawer
    5. Indicating distance away.
      Example: 16 miles from Dover
    6. Indicating a viewpoint.
      Example: can see the house from here
    7. Indicating separation; removal.
      Example: took it away from her
    8. Indicating point of attachment.
      Example: hanging from a nail
    9. Indicating exclusion.
      Example: omitted from the sample
    10. Indicating source or origin.
      Example: made from an old curtain
    11. Indicating change of condition.
      Example: translate from French into English
      Example: From being an intimate lover, he turned very hostile
    12. Indicating cause.
      Example: ill from overwork
    13. Indicating deduction as a result of observation.
      Example: see from her face she's angry
    14. Indicating distinction.
      Example: can't tell one twin from the other
    15. Indicating prevention, protection, exemption, immunity, release, escape, etc.
      Example: safe from harm
      Example: excused from attending
      Example: exempted from tax
      Example: released from prison
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon fram.



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