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from

from

∞ 1.0
Showing a difference between two people or things
  • adposition
  • /frʌm/
: de
  • So what makes Hasidic Jews different from Reformed Jews?
  • different from
  • differ from
  • distinguish from

And that sort of takes it a step up from stock DSLR lenses.

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Examples

  • Equipment from Russia is generally cheaper than that from the West, especially the United States.

    Academic text (2011)
  • That seems quite different from what you and I do.

  • Wow, quite a turn from the yes we can days.

  • So it will change a little bit from one report to another.

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  • How are you different in your heart and mind from the way you were last year?

    Academic text (2011)
  • Nuclear power presents a qualitatively different risk from all other forms of electrical generation.

    Academic text (2011)
  • One factor that differentiates nursing care from other disciplines is our use of the nursing process.

    Academic text (2011)
  • At the other end of the spectrum from the tyrant stands the charismatic leader.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Students whose placement test results were further away from the remedial cutoff scores were not studied.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Nuclear power presents a qualitatively different from all other forms of electrical generation.

Idioms

Happens sometimes but not regularly

202 1.0

From many different places

108 2.8

To make something using nothing already made

Someone does something in an honest way showing real feeling

from the get-go
  • Informal
51 6.6

Right from the very start

far cry from
  • Informal
34 4.9

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

33 4.1

Suddenly and without any warning

To build something completely from the very beginning

Completely covering the whole body from head to feet

23 5.5

Become successful or active again after a long time away

For the whole time, from the beginning to the end

from way back
  • Informal
18 7.7

Since a long time ago

A loss of status and respect after wrongdoing

11 3.7

Say something honestly and with strong feeling

Become successful again after a big loss or disaster

from a mile away
  • Informal
11 3.6

Easy to see or notice even from far away

11 8.6

Because someone feels very hungry

10 9.2

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

9 8.1

To speak or act quickly without thinking carefully

Being in a safe place while watching a dangerous event

7 4.7

Directly from the person who knows the facts

6 5.2

Very similar in character and background

Children often look and behave like their parents

To have no idea who a person is at all

4 7.5

A sudden helpful gift when you need it most

To understand how someone thinks and feels about a situation

from the word go
  • Informal
3 5.3

From the very beginning of something

To become strong again after serious damage or trouble

Directly from the person who knows the facts

3 6.5

A sudden event that shocks people and is not expected

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

gift from above
  • Informal
2 4.2

An unexpected good thing that feels like it comes from above

2 7.7

Completely through the whole thing from one end to the other

from left field
  • Informal
2 8.0

In a way that is not expected

Lasts from a person's birth to their death

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

In different ways or from different points of view

To listen to people with the opposite view before deciding

To not recognize a person at all

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

Have just enough money to avoid hunger or poverty

1 7.4

Including everything from the beginning to the end

from whole cloth
  • Informal
1 9.1

Completely made up with no real facts

1 8.9

To speak quickly without thinking and risk upsetting people

1 7.4

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

Throughout a person's life from birth to death

Not to know a person at all

1 7.4

To become successful and respected after being unknown or unsuccessful

1 9.9

To say something quickly without thinking

To not recognize someone at all because you have never met them

To ask or hope, often in prayer, not to have a hard time

To not understand anything about a subject

Compounds

People get better by thinking about and fixing their mistakes

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

19 3.0

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

7 7.9

A person wanted by the police who tries to avoid arrest

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

Free from any tie and able to move or act freely

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

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

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

One week after next Tuesday

A right not to be forced to work against your will

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

1 8.1

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

1 7.5

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

1 9.9

A roll of eight in the dice game craps

The right not to be tried twice for the same crime

person from Porlock
  • Literature
9.9

Someone who interrupts you when you are working or thinking

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

Surface Forms

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Etymology

From comes from the old English word fram, which meant 'away' or 'separate'. That's why we use from to show how one thing is different or set apart from another.