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strong UK [frɒm] / US [frɑm] weak UK [frəm] / US preposition

1) given, sent, or provided by someone used for stating who gives or sends you something or provides you with something

You'll have to borrow the money from someone else.

She wanted an apology from the president.

The watch was a present from his daughter.

2) used for stating someone's/something's origin

a) used for stating the place where someone lives or used to live, or their general situation in life

I'm originally from Northern Ireland.

Rosie Miller from Stratford, East London, received the award.

She married a pharmacist who comes from Bolton.

Those from poor backgrounds should not have to pay.

b) used for stating the place where something was made

red wine from California

imports from Japan

She collects postcards from all over the world.

c) used for stating what something was originally a part of

the music from Offenbach's opera

3) starting at a particular point and moving away

a) starting at a particular place and moving away

He's on the 3 o'clock flight from Chicago.

Start from that tree over there and run to the house.

from ... to:

We took the train from London to Birmingham.

b) starting at a particular time and continuing

from ... to:

He's usually in his office from around 9.00 to 6.00.

She's interested in the period from the early 1940s to now.

from now/then/that day on:

From now on things are going to be different around here.

c) starting at a particular age and continuing

I lived with him from the age of twenty.

d) starting at one amount and increasing or becoming less

from ... to:

The price of bottled water rose from 20 pence to 45 pence a litre.

4) used for stating where someone or something is removed from

a) used for stating where someone or something was before leaving or being removed

Frank snatched the pen from Rachel.

Two prisoners have escaped from Durham Jail.

He took a hammer from his toolbox.

Remove the pan from the heat.

b) used for stating an amount that is reduced by having part of it taken away

Several points were taken from the total.

Seventeen from thirty-six is nineteen.

5) used for giving distances used for saying how far away something is in relation to something else

We live a few miles from the city.

We spent the night about eight kilometres from the Uganda-Kenya border.

6) because of something

a) as a result of something

Her hair was still damp from her walk in the rain.

She's been suffering badly from stress.

b) used for giving the reason for a judgment or opinion

I can tell from your eyes you're a good man.

From what I hear, Mr Marlow is not a man to be trusted.

7) used for giving a range of things used for stating one end of a range of things

from ... to:

A good camera can cost anything from £150 upwards.

from ... to:

Evans is charged with offences ranging from burglary to armed assault.

from ... to:

The company offers a range of products from haircare to footcare.

8) employed by something belonging to a particular organization

a team of experts from the Farm Business Consultancy

9) returning after an activity used for stating where someone was or what they were doing before they came back

We hardly recognized him when he came back from the war.

She was injured in a car crash while returning from a dance.

10) used for stating where someone does something used for stating where someone is when they see, hear, or do something

He works from home three days a week.

Let's watch the fireworks from the roof.

11) made of something used for stating what substance has been used for making something

The toys are made from a very durable plastic.

12) hanging off or sticking out of something used for stating what something is hanging off or sticking out of

The room was divided by a blanket hanging from the ceiling.

Her toe was sticking out from the hole in her shoe.

13) used for describing the situation before a change used for stating what someone or something was before changing to something else

Colesville has changed from a sleepy little town to a bustling city.

14) used for stating what is prevented used for stating what has been prevented or protected against

Reporters were prevented from visiting the scene of the accident.

The machine is protected from the weather by a heavy cover.

His restlessness kept him from sleeping.

15) used for showing differences used for talking about differences between two or more people or things

This recipe is different from the one I usually use.

He should know right from wrong by now.

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go from place to place/room to room etc — to go to many different places/rooms etc one after the other

You can move the phone from room to room, or even into the garden.

from hour to hour/place to place etc — used for showing that something changes every hour/is different in every place etc

The situation changes from hour to hour.

Conditions vary from place to place.