English Dictionary

from

/fɹɒm/

prep

Used to indicate source or provenance. / Originating at (a year, time, etc.) / Indicating a starting point in time. / Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.

I received a gift from my friend.

意味（1）

Used to indicate source or provenance.

Paul is from New Zealand.

意味（2）

Originating at (a year, time, etc.)

This manuscript is from the 1980s.

意味（3）

Indicating a starting point in time.

The working day runs from 9 am to 5 pm.

意味（4）

Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.

Rate your pain from 1 to 10.

意味（5）

Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations.

You can study anything from math to literature.

意味（6）

With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.

It's hard to tell from here.

意味（7）

(MLE) Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being

I’ve been doing this from pickney.

意味（8）

Indicating removal or separation.

意味（9）

(mathematics, chiefly Britain, not in formal use) Denoting a subtraction operation.

20 from 31 leaves 11.

意味（10）

Indicating exclusion.

She was barred from entering.

意味（11）

Indicating differentiation.

Your opinions differ from mine.

意味（12）

Produced with or out of (a substance or material).

It's made from pure gold.

意味（13）

Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.

Too many people die from breast cancer.