Meaning

14 senses
  1. Used to indicate source or provenance.

    Paul is from New Zealand.

    I got a letter from my brother.

    von, aus

    изiz, отot, сs

    відvid, зz

  2. Originating at (a year, time, etc.)

    This manuscript is from the 1980s.

  3. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

    He had books piled from floor to ceiling.

    He departed yesterday from Chicago.

  4. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

    Indicating a starting point in time.

    The working day runs from 9 am to 5 pm.

    Tickets are available from 17th July.

  5. Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.

    Rate your pain from 1 to 10.

    Start counting from 1.

  6. Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations.

    You can study anything from math to literature.

  7. With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.

    It's hard to tell from here.

    Try to see it from his point of view.

  8. (Multicultural London English)Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being.

    I’ve been doing this from pickney.

  9. Indicating removal or separation.

    After twenty minutes, remove the cake from the oven.

    The general was ousted from power.

  10. Indicating removal or separation.

    (UK)Denoting a subtraction operation.

    20 from 31 leaves 11.

  11. Indicating exclusion.

    She was barred from entering.

    A parasol protects from the sun.

  12. Indicating differentiation.

    Your opinions differ from mine.

    He knows right from wrong.

    von, vor

    отot

Examples

36058 sentences
  1. I don't expect anything from you.

    Я нічого від тебе не очікую.

    ruЯ ничего от тебя не жду.

    deIch erwarte nichts von dir.

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  2. Your method is different from mine.

    Твій метод відрізняється від мого.

    ruТвой метод отличается от моего.

    deDeine Methode ist anders als meine.

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  3. The apple fell from the tree.

    Яблуко впало з дерева.

    ruЯблоко упало с дерева.

    deDer Apfel ist vom Baum gefallen.

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  4. Tom saved her from the fire.

    Том врятував її під час пожежі.

    ruТом спас её из огня.

    deTom rettete sie aus dem Feuer.

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  5. Is the bank far from here?

    Банк звідси далеко?

    ruБанк далеко отсюда?

    deIst die Bank weit von hier?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
with the source or provenance of or at:
Русский
By meaning 1
with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at:
with the source or provenance of or at:
with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of:

Origin

From Middle English from (“from”), from Old English from, fram (“forward, from”), from Pro

From Middle English from (“from”), from Old English from, fram (“forward, from”), from Proto-West Germanic *fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram (“forward, from, away”). Cognate with Old Saxon fram (“from”) and Old High German fram (“from”), Danish frem (“forth, forward”), Danish fra (“from”), Swedish fram (“forth, forward”), Swedish från (“from”), Norwegian Nynorsk fram (“forward”), Norwegian Nynorsk frå (“from”), Icelandic fram (“forward, on”), Icelandic frá (“from”), Albanian pre, prej. More at fro.

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