from
(frŭm, frŏm; frəm when unstressed )
[Middle English, from Old English fram, forward, from.]
prep.
- Used to indicate a specified place or time as a starting point: walked home from the station; from six o'clock on. See Usage Note at: escape See Usage Note at: whence
- Used to indicate a specified point as the first of two limits: from grades four to six.
- Used to indicate a source, cause, agent, or instrument: a note from the teacher; taking a book from the shelf.
- Used to indicate separation, removal, or exclusion: keep someone from making a mistake; liberation from bondage.
- Used to indicate differentiation: know right from wrong.
- Because of: faint from hunger.
idioms
- from away
- Not native to a state or locality.
