Definition for: from

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English

Etymology

Old English fram "forward, from".

Pronunciation

• ( RP, stressed ): IPA: /frɒm/ , SAMPA: /frQm/
• ( US, stressed ): AHD: främ , IPA: /frɑm/ , SAMPA: /frAm/
• ( unstressed ): AHD: frəm , IPA: /frəm/ , SAMPA: /fr@m/

Rhymes: -ɒm

Preposition

from

1. With the source or provenance of or at.

   This wine comes from France.

   I got a letter from my brother.

2. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.

   He had books piled from floor to ceiling.

   He left yesterday from Chicago.

   Face away from the wall.

3. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.

   An umbrella protects from the sun.

   He knows right from wrong.

Synonyms

• ( with the source or provenance of or at ): out of

Translations

with the source or provenance of or at

with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at

with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of

• Arabic : مِن (min)
• Chinese : 從, 从 (cong); 自 (zi); 由 (you); 由于 (youyu); 出于 (chuyu)
• Dutch : van, uit
• Esperanto : de, el
• Finnish : -sta/-stä ( elative case ), -lta/-ltä ( ablative case )
• German : von, aus
• Guaraní : gui
• Hebrew : של
• Ido : de
• Indonesian : dari, mulai, mulai dari
• Interlingua : de
• Novial : fro
• Persian : اَز (æz)
• Scottish Gaelic : à#Scottish Gaelicà
• Slovak : z, zo
• Spanish : de (1), desde (2)

• Tupinambá : suí
• Yiddish : פון

Anagrams

• form

Old English

Etymology

From Germanic. Cognate with Old High German fruma (German fromm), Middle Dutch vrōme (Dutch vroom), Old Norse framr.

Pronunciation

IPA: /from/

Adjective

from

1. bold, firm, resolute

Swedish

Adjective

from

1. pious; being religious in a quiet and serious way

Synonyms

• gudfruktig

Other Translations for "from"

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