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from

∞ 1.0

Starting at a place or time, for example a country

adposition
/frʌm/

: de

The letter arrived from my friend yesterday.
come from
from school
ranging from

And then, you know, then from wood, we did coal.

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Examples

That's a huge shift from not that long ago.

Rich Roll
I know my people are all from the South.

Team Coco
There is no easy way from Earth to the stars.

Lex Fridman
Get ready to watch content from this car.
So how far are we from that state yet?

Stanford
I get everything I need from the Daily Mail.

Back to Black (2024)
I saw you looking at me from the street.

All of Us Strangers (2023)
It looks that way from my point of view.
Our next question is from Lee in Austin, TX.
And our first look here is from Nicki Minaj.

Idioms

from time to time

267 1.4

Happens sometimes but not regularly

from scratch

98 2.8

To make something using nothing already made

from all over

90 1.0

From many different places

from the heart

55 3.8

Someone does something in an honest way showing real feeling

from the get-go

Informal

52 6.6

Right from the very start

from nowhere

28 4.1

Suddenly and without any warning

far cry from

Informal

27 4.9

Very different from what you expect, often in a disappointing way

from the ground up

24 3.7

To build something completely from the very beginning

from start to finish

22 2.1

For the whole time, from the beginning to the end

from head to toe

18 3.1

Completely covering the whole body from head to feet

to come back from the dead

Informal

15 5.5

Become successful or active again after a long time away

to speak from the heart

Informal

9 3.7

Say something honestly and with strong feeling

fall from grace

8 6.6

A loss of status and respect after wrongdoing

from hunger

7 8.6

Because someone feels very hungry

from the horse's mouth

Informal

7 4.7

Directly from the person who knows the facts

cut from the same cloth

Informal

6 5.2

Very similar in character and background

from a mile away

Informal

6 3.6

Easy to see or notice even from far away

to shoot from the hip

Informal

6 8.1

To speak or act quickly without thinking carefully

from way back

Informal

5 7.7

Since a long time ago

to rise from the ashes

5 5.7

Become successful again after a big loss or disaster

to fall from grace

3 7.0

To begin behaving badly again and lose people's respect

from the word go

Informal

3 5.3

From the very beginning of something

to separate the wheat from the chaff

Informal

3 6.6

To pick out useful people or things from those that are not

straight from the horse's mouth

Informal

3 6.0

Directly from the person who knows the facts

bolt from the blue

Informal

2 6.5

A sudden event that shocks people and is not expected

far be it from

Formal

2 9.2

To politely say you do not want to do or be involved in something

manna from heaven

Informal

2 7.5

A sudden helpful gift when you need it most

from the cradle to the grave

Informal

2 4.0

Lasts from a person's birth to their death

from soup to nuts

Informal

1 7.4

Including everything from the beginning to the end

to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Informal

1 9.6

A team or person loses an almost certain win in the final minute because of a mistake

from various angles

1 3.0

In different ways or from different points of view

to keep the wolf from the door

Informal

1 8.1

Have just enough money to avoid hunger or poverty

the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

Informal

1 5.4

Children often look and behave like their parents

to come in from the cold

1 6.8

To return to a safe or accepted group after being left out

from stem to stern

Informal

1 7.7

Completely through the whole thing from one end to the other

from the safety of

1 3.8

Being in a safe place while watching a dangerous event

from whole cloth

Informal

1 9.1

Completely made up with no real facts

to shoot from the lip

Informal

1 8.9

To speak quickly without thinking and risk upsetting people

to climb down from one's high horse

Informal

1 8.5

To stop acting like you are better than other people

from pillar to post

Informal

1 7.4

Get sent to many different places by other people without getting help

from left field

Informal

1 8.0

In a way that is not expected

to know (someone) from Adam

1 9.4

To have no idea who a person is at all

to know someone from Eve

1 9.9

Not to know a person at all

like a phoenix from the ashes

Informal

1 8.1

To become strong again after serious damage or trouble

gift from above

Informal

1 4.2

An unexpected good thing that feels like it comes from above

to see things from someone's perspective

1 3.7

To understand how someone thinks and feels about a situation

straight from the shoulder

Informal

1 7.4

In a direct and honest way without hiding feelings or opinions

to charm the birds from the trees

Archaic

8.7

To make people like you a lot by being pleasant and persuasive

crafted from Nintendium

Slang

9.9

Very strong and hard to break, said as a joke about an imaginary material

dead from the neck up

Offensive

9.5

Too tired to think clearly or pay attention

to drink from a firehose

Informal

9.1

To get more information or tasks than you can handle

a weight lifts from one's chest

Informal

8.2

A strong feeling of being less worried after telling someone about a problem

Compounds

home away from home

16 2.9

A place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own house

fugitive from justice

Formal

5 7.9

A person wanted by the police who tries to avoid arrest

view from the top

2 4.3

What you see from a high place or from a position of power

learning from mistakes

1 2.8

People get better by thinking about and fixing their mistakes

home from home

1 3.0

A place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own house

eighter from Decatur

Archaic

9.9

A roll of eight in the dice game craps

a week from next Tuesday

5.6

One week after next Tuesday

freedom from cruel and unusual punishment

NSFW

6.7

The right not to suffer torture or very harsh treatment by the government

freedom from discrimination

Formal

3.2

The right to be treated fairly no matter a person's race or sex

freedom from double jeopardy

Formal

7.0

The right not to be tried twice for the same crime

freedom from involuntary servitude

Formal

5.3

A right not to be forced to work against your will

freedom from search and seizure

Formal

6.5

Right to stop police from searching you or taking your things without a good reason

freedom from self-incrimination

Formal

7.1

The right to refuse to answer questions that could show you committed a crime

mean deviation from the mean

Specialized

8.1

The average distance of each number from the group's average

person from Porlock

Literature

9.9

Someone who interrupts you when you are working or thinking

points from Gryffindor

Literature

7.5

Numbers taken away from Gryffindor's score as punishment for bad behavior

straight-from-the-shoulder

Informal

7.7

Direct and honest in speech that does not hide what you think

untethered from

7.0

Free from any tie and able to move or act freely

Surface Forms

from main

Etymology

From comes from the old English word fram, which meant 'forward' or 'away'. So think of from as the place or time you move away from, which is why it shows the starting point or origin.