[frəm], (Adposition)

Definitions:
- indicating the point in space at which a journey, motion, or action starts
(e.g: she began to walk away from him)

- indicating the point in time at which a particular process, event, or activity starts
(e.g: the show will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m)

- indicating the source or provenance of someone or something
(e.g: I'm from Hackney)

- indicating the starting point of a specified range on a scale
(e.g: men who ranged in age from seventeen to eighty-four)

- indicating the point at which an observer is placed
(e.g: you can see the island from here)

- indicating the raw material out of which something is manufactured
(e.g: a paint made from a natural resin)

- indicating separation or removal
(e.g: the party was ousted from power after sixteen years)

- indicating prevention
(e.g: the story of how he was saved from death)

- indicating a cause
(e.g: a child suffering from asthma)

- indicating a source of knowledge or the basis for one's judgement
(e.g: information obtained from papers, books, and presentations)

- indicating a distinction
(e.g: these fees are quite distinct from expenses)


Phrases:
- from time to time
- from year to year
- from — on

Origin:
Old English fram, from, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse frá (see fro)