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See also:fr.o.m.,from-,andfróm

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishfrom(“from”), fromOld Englishfrom,fram(“forward, from”), fromProto-West Germanic*fram, fromProto-Germanic*fram(“forward, from, away”). Cognate withOld Saxonfram(“from”) andOld High Germanfram(“from”),Danishfrem(“forth, forward”),Danishfra(“from”),Swedishfram(“forth, forward”),Swedishfrån(“from”),Norwegian Nynorskfram(“forward”),Norwegian Nynorskfrå(“from”),Icelandicfram(“forward, on”),Icelandicfrá(“from”),Albanianpre,prej. More atfro.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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from

  1. Used to indicatesource orprovenance.
    Paul isfrom New Zealand.
    I got a letterfrom my brother.
    You can't get all your newsfrom the Internet.
    • 1879,R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, inThe Amateur Poacher, London:Smith, Elder, & Co., […],→OCLC:
      Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketchfrom a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people.From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles[…]made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
    • 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8842, pages72–3:
      Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more caloriesfrom their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
  2. Originating at (a year, time, etc.)
    This manuscript isfrom the 1980s.
  3. Used to indicate a starting point orinitialreference.
    He had books piledfrom floor to ceiling.
    He departed yesterdayfrom Chicago.
    This figure has been changedfrom a one to a seven.
    Face awayfrom the wall!
    1. Indicating a starting point in time.
      The working day runsfrom 9 am to 5 pm.
      Tickets are availablefrom 17th July.
    2. Indicating a starting point on arange orscale.
      Rate your painfrom 1 to 10.
      Start countingfrom 1.
    3. Indicating a starting point on anarray orgamut ofconceptualvariations.
      You can study anythingfrom math to literature.
    4. With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.
      It's hard to tellfrom here.
      Try to see itfrom his point of view.
      The bomb went off just 100 yardsfrom where they were standing.
      From the top of the lighthouse you can just see the mainland.
    5. (MLE)Indicates a starting state of thepredicament of the subject.Synonym ofsince being
      I’ve been doing thisfrompickney.
      • 2021 August 17, TStackz & Kapz, “BGB”‎[1],1:01–1:03:
        I’ve been a bad boyfrom a little youth.
  4. Indicatingremoval orseparation.
    After twenty minutes, remove the cakefrom the oven.
    The general was oustedfrom power.
    1. (mathematics, chiefly British, not in formal use)Denoting a subtraction operation.
      20from 31 leaves 11.
  5. Indicatingexclusion.
    She was barredfrom entering.
    A parasol protectsfrom the sun.
  6. Indicatingdifferentiation.
    Your opinions differfrom mine.
    He knows rightfrom wrong.
  7. Produced with or out of (a substance or material).
    It's madefrom pure gold.
  8. Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.
    Too many people diefrom breast cancer.

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Translations

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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
used to indicate causation
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Anagrams

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Bislama

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Etymology

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FromEnglishfrom.

Preposition

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from

  1. from
  2. Because of;on account of
    • 2008, Miriam Meyerhoff,Social lives in language--sociolinguistics and multilingual speech‎[2],→ISBN, page344:
      Bang i wantem mi faenfrom mi ovaspen.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

Danish

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Low Germanvrome, fromProto-Germanic*frumô, related toGermanfromm,Dutchvroom(“pious”). In Old Saxon and Old High German, it is a noun meaning "use, benefit", but later it is used as an adjective.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /frɔmˀ/,[ˈfʁ̥ʌmˀ]

Adjective

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from (neuterfromt,plural and definite singular attributivefromme)

  1. pious,devout(religious in a serious way)
    Antonym:ufrom
  2. innocent

Inflection

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Inflection offrom
positivecomparativesuperlative
indefinite common singularfromfrommerefrommest2
indefinite neuter singularfromtfrommerefrommest2
pluralfrommefrommerefrommest2
definite attributive1frommefrommerefrommeste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Irish

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Pronoun

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from (emphaticfromsa)

  1. Alternative form offaram(“along with me, beside me; in addition to me; as good as me”)

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Englishfrom, fram andOld Norsefrá, both fromProto-Germanic*fram.

Preposition

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from

  1. from
    Synonym:fra
    • c.1400,Geoffrey Chaucer,The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines15–16:
      And speciallyfrom every shires ende / Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
      And speciallyfrom every shire's end / Of England they to Canterbury went,

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Old English

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Etymology

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OfGermanic origin, fromProto-Germanic*framaz(“forward, prominent”), fromProto-Indo-European*promo-(“front, forth”).

Cognate withOld High Germanfruma (Germanfromm,Yiddishפֿרום(frum)),Middle Dutchvrōme (Dutchvroom),Old Norseframr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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from (superlativefrommast)

  1. bold,firm,resolute

Declension

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Declension offrom — Strong
SingularMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativefromfromu,fromofrom
Accusativefromnefromefrom
Genitivefromesfromrefromes
Dativefromumfromrefromum
Instrumentalfromefromrefrome
PluralMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativefromefroma,fromefromu,fromo
Accusativefromefroma,fromefromu,fromo
Genitivefromrafromrafromra
Dativefromumfromumfromum
Instrumentalfromumfromumfromum
Declension offrom — Weak
SingularMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativefromafromefrome
Accusativefromanfromanfrome
Genitivefromanfromanfroman
Dativefromanfromanfroman
Instrumentalfromanfromanfroman
PluralMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativefromanfromanfroman
Accusativefromanfromanfroman
Genitivefromra,fromenafromra,fromenafromra,fromena
Dativefromumfromumfromum
Instrumentalfromumfromumfromum

Plautdietsch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Low Germanvrome, fromOld Saxonfruma, ultimately fromProto-Germanic*frumô, related toDutchvroom(“pious”).

Adjective

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from

  1. pious,godly,devout,religious

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Swedish

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Etymology

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FromOld Swedishfromber, fromMiddle Low Germanvrome, fromOld Saxonfruma, fromProto-Germanic*frumô, related toDutchvroom(“pious”).

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Adjective

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from (comparativefrommare,superlativefrommast)

  1. religious in a quiet and serious way,pious
  2. charitable
    enfrom stiftelse ―acharitable foundation, a charity

Declension

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Inflection offrom
Indefinitepositivecomparativesuperlative1
common singularfromfrommarefrommast
neuter singularfromtfrommarefrommast
pluralfrommafrommarefrommast
masculine plural2frommefrommarefrommast
Definitepositivecomparativesuperlative
masculine singular3frommefrommarefrommaste
allfrommafrommarefrommaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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