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[ frษ™m ]

Preposition / Conjunction
Oxford 3000
Context #1 | Preposition

used to indicate the starting point of a movement or action

used to indicate the point in time at which a particular event takes place, or the origin of a particular person or thing

Synonyms

away from, off, out of

Examples of usage

  • he left home from school
  • the show will run from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
  • the company is based in Berlin, with offices in London, Paris, and from next year, New York
Context #2 | Conjunction

used to show the source from which something comes

used to show the distance between two places

Synonyms

coming from, derived from, originating from

Examples of usage

  • from what I can see, the project is not going well
  • the hotel is only a few minutes' walk from the station

Translations

Translations of the word "from" in other languages:

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น de

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ เคธเฅ‡

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช von

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ dari

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ะท

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ z

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ใ‹ใ‚‰

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท de

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ de

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท den

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท ์—์„œ

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ู…ู†

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ z

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ z

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ ไปŽ

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ iz

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ frรก

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ะฑะฐัั‚ะฐะฟ

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช แƒ“แƒแƒœ

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ dษ™n

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ de

Etymology

The word 'from' originated from Middle English, from Old English 'fram', of Germanic origin; related to Old Frisian 'fram' and Old High German 'fram', from an Indo-European root shared by 'forth'. The prepositional use of 'from' dates back to the 9th century.

See also: fromage.

Word Frequency Rank

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