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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 [frɒm (unstressed) frəm]
prep
1. used to indicate the original location, situation, etc. from Paris to Rome from behind the bushes from childhood to adulthood
2. in a period of time starting at he lived from 1910 to 1970
3. used to indicate the distance between two things or places a hundred miles from here
4. used to indicate a lower amount from five to fifty pounds
5. showing the model of painted from life
6. used with the gerund to mark prohibition, restraint, etc. nothing prevents him from leaving
7. because of exhausted from his walk
[Old English fram; related to Old Norse frā, Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic fram from, Greek promos foremost]
Translations
from [frɒm] PREP
1. (indicating starting place) → de, desde
where are you from?¿de dónde eres?
where has he come from?¿de dónde ha venido?
he comes from Segoviaes de Segovia
he had gone from homese había ido de su casa
the train from Madridel tren de Madrid, el tren procedente de Madrid
from London to Glasgowde Londres a Glasgow
from house to housede casa en casa
from A to Zde A a Z, desde A hasta Z
2. (indicating time) → de, desde
from now onde aquí en adelante
from that timedesde aquel momento
from one o'clock to or until twodesde la una hasta las dos
(as) from Fridaya partir del viernes
from a child; from childhooddesde niño
from time to timede vez en cuando
3. (indicating distance) → de, desde
the hotel is 1km from the beachel hotel está a 1km de la playa
a long way from homemuy lejos de casa
to be far from the truthestar lejos de la verdad
4. (indicating sender etc) → de
a letter from my sisteruna carta de mi hermana
a telephone call from Mr Smithuna llamada de parte del Sr. Smith
a message from himun mensaje de parte de él
tell him from medile de mi parte
5. (indicating source) → de
to drink from a stream/from the bottlebeber de un arroyo/de la botella
we learned it from himlo aprendimos de él
we learned it from a booklo aprendimos en un libro
a quotation from Shakespeareuna cita de Shakespeare
to steal sth from sbrobar algo a algn
to pick sb from the crowdescoger a algn de la multitud
I'll buy it from youte lo compraré
where did you get that from?¿de dónde has sacado or sacaste eso?
take the gun from him!¡quítale el revólver!
one of the best performances we have seen from himuno de los mejores papeles que le hayamos visto
painted from lifepintado del natural
6. (indicating price, number etc) → desde, a partir de
we have shirts from £8 (upwards)tenemos camisas desde or a partir de 8 libras
prices range from £10 to £50los precios varían entre 10 y 50 libras
there were from 10 to 15 people therehabía allí entre 10 y 15 personas
7. (indicating change) things went from bad to worselas cosas fueron de mal en peor
the interest rate increased from 6% to 10%la tasa de interés ha subido del 6 al 10 por ciento
he went from office boy to director in five yearspasó de ser recadero a director en cinco años
8. (indicating difference) to be different from sbser distinto de algn
he can't tell red from greenno distingue entre rojo y verde
to know good from badsaber distinguir entre el bien y el mal, saber distinguir el bien del mal
9. (= because of, on the basis of) → por
to act from convictionobrar por convicción
from sheer necessitypor pura necesidad
weak from hungerdebilitado por el hambre
from what I can seepor lo que veo
from what he sayspor lo que dice, según lo que dice
from experiencepor experiencia
to die from exposuremorir de frío
10. (= away from) to shelter from the rainprotegerse de la lluvia
to escape from sth/sbescapar de algo/algn
to prevent sb from doing sthimpedir a algn hacer algo
11. (with prep, adv) from abovedesde arriba
from afardesde lejos
from among the crowdde entre la multitud
from beneath or underneathdesde abajo
from inside/outside the housedesde dentro/fuera de la casa

from [ˈfrɒm](STRONG) [frəm] prep
(place)de
Where are you from?; Where do you come from? → D'où venez-vous?
I come from Perth → Je viens de Perth.
from ... to ... → de ... à ...
He flew from London to Paris → Il a pris l'avion de Londres à Paris.
to be one kilometre from ... → être à un kilomètre de ...
The hotel is one kilometre from the beach → L'hôtel est à un kilomètre de la plage.
(source)de
a letter from my sister → une lettre de ma sœur
a telephone call from my sister → un appel de ma sœur
(time)de, à partir de
from January → à partir de janvier
from ... to [+ month, day] → à partir de ... jusqu'à
from one o'clock to two → d'une heure à deux heures
from ... onwards → à partir de ...
We'll be at home from 7 o'clock onwards → Nous serons chez nous à partir de sept heures.
(price, number)de
The price was reduced from £10 to £5 → Ils ont réduit le prix de dix livres à cinq.
The interest rate was increased from 9% to 10% → Le taux d'intérêt est passé de 9% à 10%.
(= on the basis of) from what he says → d'après ce qu'il dit

from
prep
(indicating starting place) → von (+dat); (indicating place of origin) → aus (+dat); he/the train has come from Londoner/der Zug ist von London gekommen; he/it comes or is from Germanyer/es kommt or ist aus Deutschland; where have you come from today?von wo sind Sie heute gekommen?; where does he come from?, where is he from?woher kommt or stammt er?; the train from Manchesterder Zug aus Manchester; the train from Manchester to Londonder Zug von Manchester nach London; he’s on the phone from Londoner ruft aus London an; from house to housevon Haus zu Haus; a representative from the companyein Vertreter/eine Vertreterin der Firma
(indicating time, in past) → seit (+dat); (in future) → ab (+dat), → von (+dat)… an; from last week until or to yesterdayvon letzter Woche bis gestern; from … onab …; from now onvon jetzt an, ab jetzt; from then onvon da an; (in past also) → seither; from his childhoodvon Kindheit an, von klein auf; he comes from time to timeer kommt von Zeit zu Zeit; as from the 6th Mayvom 6. Mai an, ab (dem) 6. Mai; 5 years from nowin 5 Jahren
(indicating distance) → von (+dat)(… weg); (from town etc) → von (+dat)… (entfernt); the house is 10 km from the coastdas Haus ist 10 km von der Küste entfernt; to work away from homeaußer Haus arbeiten
(indicating sender, giver) → von (+dat); tell him from merichten Sie ihm von mir aus; an invitation from the Smithseine Einladung von den Smiths; “from …” (on envelope, parcel) → Absender …“, „Abs. …“
(indicating removal) → von (+dat); (= out of: from pocket, cupboard etc) → aus (+dat); to take/grab etc something from somebodyjdm etw wegnehmen/wegreißen etc; to steal something from somebodyjdm etw stehlen; he took it from the top/middle/bottom of the pileer nahm es oben vom Stapel/aus der Mitte des Stapels/unten vom Stapel weg
(indicating source) → von (+dat); (= out of)aus (+dat); where did you get that from?wo hast du das her?, woher hast du das?; I got it from the supermarket/the library/Kathyich habe es aus dem Supermarkt/aus der Bücherei/von Kathy; to drink from a stream/glassaus einem Bach/Glas trinken; quotation from “Hamlet”/the Bible/ShakespeareZitat ntaus „Hamlet“/aus der Bibel/nach Shakespeare; memories from his childhoodErinnerungen aus seiner Kindheit; translated from the Englishaus dem Englischen übersetzt; made fromaus … hergestellt
(= modelled on)nach (+dat); painted from lifenach dem Leben gemalt
(indicating lowest amount) → ab (+dat); from £2/the age of 16 (upwards)ab £ 2/16 Jahren (aufwärts); dresses (ranging) from £60 to £80Kleider plzwischen £ 60 und £ 80
(indicating escape) he fled from the enemyer floh vor dem Feind; he got away from his pursuerser entkam seinen Verfolgern; he ran away from homeer rannte von zu Hause weg; he escaped from prisoner entkam aus dem Gefängnis
(indicating change) things went from bad to worsees wurde immer schlimmer; he went from office boy to directorer stieg vom Laufjungen zum Direktor auf; a price increase from one euro to two euroseine Preiserhöhung von einem auf zwei Euro
(indicating difference) he is quite different from the otherser ist ganz anders als die andern; to tell black from whiteSchwarz und Weiß auseinanderhalten; I like all sports, from swimming to wrestlingich mag alle Sportarten, von Schwimmen bis Ringen
(= because of, due to) to act from compassionaus Mitleid handeln; to die from canceran Krebs sterben; weak from hungerschwach vor Hunger; weak from loss of bloodvom Blutverlust geschwächt
(= on the basis of) from experienceaus Erfahrung; to judge from recent reports …nach neueren Berichten zu urteilen; from your point of viewvon Ihrem Standpunkt aus (gesehen); to conclude from the informationaus den Informationen einen Schluss ziehen, von den Informationen schließen; from what I heardnach dem, was ich gehört habe; from what I can see …nach dem, was ich sehen kann …; from the look of things …(so) wie die Sache aussieht
(Math) 3 from 8 leaves 58 weniger 3 ist 5; take 12 from 18nimm 12 von 18 weg; £10 will be deducted from your account£ 10 werden von Ihrem Konto abgebucht
(in set phrases, see also other element) to prevent/stop somebody from doing somethingjdn daran hindern/davon zurückhalten, etw zu tun; he prevented me from cominger hielt mich davon ab, zu kommen; to suffer from somethingan etw (dat)leiden; to shelter from the rainsich vor dem Regen unterstellen; to protect somebody from somethingjdn vor etw (dat)schützen
+advvon; from inside/underneathvon innen/unten
+prep from above or over/across somethingüber etw (acc)hinweg; from beneath or underneath somethingunter etw (dat)hervor; from out of somethingaus etw heraus; from before his mother’s deathaus der Zeit vor dem Tod seiner Mutter; from among the treeszwischen den Bäumen hervor; from inside/outside the housevon drinnen/draußen; from beyond the graveaus dem Jenseits

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 luota, alkaen, -sta, -stä de מִן से od -ból, -ből; -tól, -től; -ról, -ről dari frá da ~から (운동·동작 따위의 시발점, 기점) …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 lainaus citation צִיטָטָה उद्धरण, अवतरण navod idézet kutipan tilvitnun, tilvísun citazione 引用 인용문 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 pois joltakin de מְ- से शुरू करते हुए od vkitől dari frá da ~から (차이, 구별) …으로부터 (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 kärsiä jostakin de מְ- द्वारा प्रेषित od -tól, -től karena af, vegna di ~のゆえに (원인, 동기) …로 인해 nuo (norāda iemeslu) no; aiz kerana aan av, på 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

from مِنْ z fra von από de -sta/-stä de od da ・・・から ...로부터 van fra od de от från จาก den từ


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