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from  (frm, frm; frm when unstressed)
prep.
1.
a. Used to indicate a specified place or time as a starting point: walked home from the station; from six o'clock on. See Usage Notes at escape, whence.
b. Used to indicate a specified point as the first of two limits: from grades four to six.
2. Used to indicate a source, cause, agent, or instrument: a note from the teacher; taking a book from the shelf.
3. Used to indicate separation, removal, or exclusion: keep someone from making a mistake; liberation from bondage.
4. Used to indicate differentiation: know right from wrong.
5. Because of: faint from hunger.
Idiom:
from away Chiefly Maine
Not native to a state or locality.

[Middle English, from Old English fram, forward, from; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]

from
prep
1. indicating the original location, situation, etc.: from America
2. in a period of time starting at: from 1950 to the current year
3. indicating the distance between two things or places: 60 miles from the Iraqi border
4. indicating a lower amount: from 5 to 6
5. showing the model of: drawn from life
6. used with a verbal noun to denote prohibition, etc.: she was banned from smoking at meetings
7. because of: five hundred horses collapsed from exhaustion [Old English fram]
Translations

from [frɔm] prep 1. (indicating starting place) → de, desde;
where do you come from?, where are you from? → ¿de dónde eres?;
where has he come from? → ¿de dónde ha venido?;
from London to Glasgow → de Londres a Glasgow;
to escape from sth/sb → escaparse de algo/algn
2. (indicating origin etc) → de;
a letter/telephone call from my sister → una carta/llamada de mi hermana;
tell him from me that ... → dígale de mi parte que ...
3. (indicating time): from one o'clock to or until or till nine → de la una a las nueve, desde la una hasta las nueve;
from January (on) → a partir de enero;
(as) from Friday → a partir del viernes
4. (indicating distance) → de;
the hotel is 1 km from the beach → el hotel está a 1 km de la playa
5. (indicating price, number etc) → de;
prices range from £10 to £50 → los precios van desde £10 a or hasta £50;
the interest rate was increased from 9% to 10% → el tipo de interés fue incrementado de un 9% a un 10%
6. (indicating difference) → de;
he can't tell red from green → no sabe distinguir el rojo del verde;
to be different from sb/sth → ser diferente a algn/algo
7. (= because of, on the basis of): from what he says → por lo que dice;
weak from hunger → debilitado por el hambre
from [frɔm] prep 1. (indicating starting place, origin etc) → de;
where do you come from?, where are you from? → d'où venez-vous?;
where has he come from? → d'où arrive-t-il?;
from London to Paris → de Londres à Paris;
to escape from sb/sth → échapper à qn/qch;
a letter/telephone call from my sister → une lettre/un appel de ma sœur;
to drink from the bottle → boire à (même) la bouteille;
tell him from me that ... → dites-lui de ma part que ...
2. (indicating time) → (à partir) de;
from one o'clock to or until or till two → d'une heure à deux heures;
from January (on) → à partir de janvier
3. (indicating distance) → de;
the hotel is one kilometre from the beach → l'hôtel est à un kilomètre de la plage
4. (indicating price, number etc) → de;
prices range from £10 to £50 → les prix varient entre 10 livres et 50 livres;
the interest rate was increased from 9% to 10% → le taux d'intérêt est passé de 9% à 10%
5. (indicating difference) → de;
he can't tell red from green → il ne peut pas distinguer le rouge du vert;
to be different from sb/sth → être différent de qn/qch
6. (= because of, on the basis of);
from what he says → d'après ce qu'il dit;
weak from hunger → affaibli par la faim
from [frɔm] prep 1. (indicating starting place, origin) → von +dat;
where do you come from? → woher kommen Sie?;
from London to Glasgow → von London nach Glasgow;
a letter/telephone call from my sister → ein Brief/Anruf von meiner Schwester;
to drink from the bottle → aus der Flasche trinken
2. (indicating time) → von (... an);
from one o'clock to or until or till now → von ein Uhr bis jetzt;
from January (on) → von Januar an, ab Januar
3. (indicating distance) → von ... entfernt;
the hotel is 1 km from the beach → das Hotel ist 1 km vom Strand entfernt
4. (indicating price, number etc);
trousers from £20 → Hosen ab £20;
prices range from £10 to £50 → die Preise liegen zwischen £10 und £50
5. (indicating difference);
he can't tell red from green → er kann Rot und Grün nicht unterscheiden;
to be different from sb/sth → anders sein als jd/etw
6. (= because of, on the basis of);
from what he says → nach dem, was er sagt;
to act from conviction → aus Überzeugung handeln;
weak from hunger → schwach vor Hunger
from [frɔm] prep 1. (indicating starting place, origin etc) → da;
where do you come from?, where are you from? → da dove viene?, di dov'è?;
where has he come from? → da dove arriva?;
from London to Glasgow → da Londra a Glasgow;
a letter from my sister → una lettera da mia sorella;
tell him from me that ... → gli dica da parte mia che ...
2. (indicating time) → da;
from one o'clock to or until or till two → dall'una alle due;
(as) from Friday → a partire da venerdì;
from January (on) → da gennaio, a partire da gennaio
3. (indicating distance) → da;
the hotel is 1 km from the beach → l'albergo è a 1 km dalla spiaggia
4. (indicating price, number etc) → da;
from a pound → da una sterlina in su;
prices range from £10 to £50 → i prezzi vanno dalle 10 alle 50 sterline
5. (indicating difference) → da;
he can't tell red from green → non sa distinguere il rosso dal verde
6. (= because of, on the basis of): from what he says → da quanto dice lui;
weak from hunger → debole per la fame

from
prep from [from]
1 used before the place, thing, person, time etc that is the point at which an action, journey, period of time etc begins from Europe to Asia; from Monday to Friday; a letter from her father. vanaf مِن от z, od fra von από de -st, -lt از -st, juurest de מִן से od -ból, -ből; -tól, -től; -ról, -ről dari frá da ~から (기점) ...로부터, ...에서 iš, nuo (norāda virzienu, atstatumu, laiku) no; kopš dari van fra z de de la; din; de из; с; от od iz, od od från มาจาก ...-den з جس سے یا جہاں سے آغاذ ہو từ
2 used to indicate that from which something or someone comes a quotation from Shakespeare. aanhaling اقْتِباس، إسْتِشْهاد цитат citát citat das Zitat παράθεμα cita tsitaat نقل قول sitaatti citation צִיטָטָה उद्धरण, अवतरण navod idézet kutipan tilvitnun, tilvísun citazione 引用 인용구 citata citāts petikan citaat sitat cytat citação citat цитата citát navedek citat citat คำอ้างอิง alıntı 語錄 цитата کسی شخص کا مقولہ đoạn trích dẫn
3 used to indicate separation Take it from him. van مِن от od fra von από de -lt, -st از de מְ- से शुरू करते हुए od vkitől dari frá da ~から (분리) ...로부터 (norāda uz atņemšanu) no daripada weg van fra od de de у od od od ifrån แยกจาก -den (表示脫離) від محرومیت ظاہر کرنے کے لۓ chỉ ra sự chia ly, loại bỏ...
4 used to indicate a cause or reason He is suffering from a cold. van من ، بِسَبَب от z af an,von από, εξαιτίας de käes, tõttu از johtuen de מְ- द्वारा प्रेषित od -tól, -től karena af, vegna di ~のゆえに (이유·원인) ...때문에, ...로 인해 nuo (norāda iemeslu) no; aiz kerana aan av, grunn av, etter z (powodu) de de; din cauza от; из-за z, zo, od zaradi od av เกิดจาก ...-den/-dan, yüzünden (表示原因或理由) від سبب یا نتیجہ ظاہر کرنے کے لۓ vì; do; bởi


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