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`preposition \ˈfrəm, ˈfräm also fəm\
`Popularity: Top 30% of words
`Simple Definition of from
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`• —used to indicate the starting point of a physical movement or action
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`• —used to indicate the place that something comes out of
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`• —used to indicate the place where someone lives or was born
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`Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
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`Full Definition of from
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`1. 1 a —used as a function word to indicate a starting point of a physical movement or a starting point in measuring or reckoning or in a statement of limits <came here
`from the city> <a week from today> <cost from $5 to $10>b —used as a function word to indicate the starting or focal point of an activity <called me from a pay
`phone> <ran a business from her home>
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`2. 2 —used as a function word to indicate physical separation or an act or condition of removal, abstention, exclusion, release, subtraction, or differentiation
`<protection from the sun> <relief from anxiety>
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`3. 3 —used as a function word to indicate the source, cause, agent, or basis <we conclude from this> <a call from my lawyer> <inherited a love of music from his
`father> <worked hard from necessity>
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`See from defined for English-language learners
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`http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from
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`5/27/2016