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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  From \From\ (fr[o^]m), prep. [AS. fram, from; akin to OS. fram
     out, OHG. & Icel. fram forward, Sw. fram, Dan. frem, Goth.
     fram from, prob. akin to E. forth. ?202. Cf. Fro,
     Foremost.]
     Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to;
     leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used
     whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action,
     being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation,
     absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is
     construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at
     which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or
     beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the
     occasion, out of which anything proceeds; -- the antithesis
     and correlative of to; as, it, is one hundred miles from
     Boston to Springfield; he took his sword from his side; light
     proceeds from the sun; separate the coarse wool from the
     fine; men have all sprung from Adam, and often go from good
     to bad, and from bad to worse; the merit of an action depends
     on the principle from which it proceeds; men judge of facts
     from personal knowledge, or from testimony.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Experience from the time past to the time present.
                                                    --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The song began from Jove.                --Drpden.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           From high M[ae]onia's rocky shores I came. --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           If the wind blow any way from shore.     --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: From sometimes denotes away from, remote from,
           inconsistent with. ``Anything so overdone is from the
           purpose of playing.'' --Shak. From, when joined with
           another preposition or an adverb, gives an opportunity
           for abbreviating the sentence. ``There followed him
           great multitudes of people . . . from [the land] beyond
           Jordan.'' --Math. iv. 25. In certain constructions, as
           from forth, from out, etc., the ordinary and more
           obvious arrangment is inverted, the sense being more
           distinctly forth from, out from -- from being virtually
           the governing preposition, and the word the adverb. See
           From off, under Off, adv., and From afar, under
           Afar, adv.
           [1913 Webster]
  
                 Sudden partings such as press
                 The life from out young hearts.    --Byron.

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :   [ vera ]

  FROM
       Factory Read Only Memory (ROM)
       
       

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrust; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Thrusting.] [OE. ?rusten, ?risten, ?resten, Icel. ?r?st? to
     thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.]
     1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to
        shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or
        with an instrument.
  
              Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.
  
     To thrust away or from, to push away; to reject.
  
     To thrust in, to push or drive in.
  
     To thrust off, to push away.
  
     To thrust on, to impel; to urge.
  
     To thrust one's self in or into, to obtrude upon, to
        intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is
        not invited or not welcome.
  
     To thrust out, to drive out or away; to expel.
  
     To thrust through, to pierce; to stab. ``I am eight times
        thrust through the doublet.'' --Shak.
  
     To thrust together, to compress.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  From \From\, prep. [AS. fram, from; akin to OS. fram out, OHG. &
     Icel. fram forward, Sw. fram, Dan. frem, Goth. fram from,
     prob. akin to E. forth. ?202. Cf. Fro, Foremost.]
     Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to;
     leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used
     whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action,
     being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation,
     absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is
     construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at
     which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or
     beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the
     occasion, out of which anything proceeds; -- the aritithesis
     and correlative of to; as, it, is one hundred miles from
     Boston to Springfield; he took his sword from his side; light
     proceeds from the sun; separate the coarse wool from the
     fine; men have all sprung from Adam, and often go from good
     to bad, and from bad to worse; the merit of an action depends
     on the principle from which it proceeds; men judge of facts
     from personal knowledge, or from testimony.
  
           Experience from the time past to the time present.
                                                    --Bacon.
  
           The song began from Jove.                --Drpden.
  
           From high M[ae]onia's rocky shores I came. --Addison.
  
           If the wind blow any way from shore.     --Shak.
  
     Note: From sometimes denotes away from, remote from,
           inconsistent with. ``Anything so overdone is from the
           purpose of playing.'' --Shak. From, when joined with
           another preposition or an adverb, gives an opportunity
           for abbreviating the sentence. ``There followed him
           great multitudes of people . . . from [the land] beyond
           Jordan.'' --Math. iv. 25. In certain constructions, as
           from forth, from out, etc., the ordinary and more
           obvious arrangment is inverted, the sense being more
           distinctly forth from, out from -- from being virtually
           the governing preposition, and the word the adverb. See
           From off, under Off, adv., and From afar, under
           Afar, adv.
  
                 Sudden partings such as press The life from out
                 young hearts.                      --Byron.

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  from
     Αγγλικά prep.
     από, εκ (δηλώνει την αφετηρία-προέλευση ή διαχωρισμό)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fr.o.m.
     Swedish prep.
     starting (at/on), going from; (abbreviation of sv från och med)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  from
     Danish a.
     1 (l en pious), (l en devout) (q: religious in a serious way)
     2 (l en innocent)
     Irish pron.
     (alternative form of ga faram t=along with me, beside me; in addition
  to me; as good as me)
     Old English a.
     bold, firm, resolute
     prep.
     (n-g: Used to indicate source or provenance.)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  from-
     Old English pre.
     (alternative form of ang fram-)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  from
     prep.
     (n-g: Used to indicate source or provenance.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  fr.o.m.
     Swedish prep.
     starting (at/on), going from; (abbreviation of sv från och med)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  from
     Irish pron.
     (alternative form of ga faram t=along with me, beside me; in addition
  to me; as good as me)
     Middle English prep.
     #English
     prep.
     (n-g: Used to indicate source or provenance.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  from-
     Old English pre.
     (alternative form of ang fram-)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  fr.o.m.
     Swedish prep.
     starting (at/on), going from; (abbreviation of sv från och med)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  from
     Irish pron.
     (alternative form of ga faram t=along with me, beside me; in addition
  to me; as good as me)
     Middle English prep.
     #English
     prep.
     (n-g: Used to indicate source or provenance.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  from-
     Old English pre.
     (alternative form of ang fram-)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  from
     Ruotsi a.
     1 hurskas, harras
     2 pyhä
     3 jalo

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fr.o.m.
     abbr.
     ''förkortning av'' från och med

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  from
     Danska a.
     from#Svenska
     Engelska prep.
     1 från
     2 mot

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  fr.o.m.
     abbr.
     ''förkortning av'' från och med

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  from
     a.
     1 som har eller uttrycker vördnad#Svenska inför en gudom#Svenska
     2 (tagg: text=överfört) välmenande men utan utsikt att bli uppfylld

From Breton-French FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.8.3 :   [ freedict:bre-fra ]

  from  (fromoù)
  émoi, émotion, frayeur, sentiment (mvt de l'âme)
        "-from"  - émotionnel
        "diwar e from"  - sous le coup de l'émotion

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  1. aan, af, deur, sedert, van, vanaf
  2. uit, van ... af

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  daarvandaan

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  .. a

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  hiervandaan

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  waarvandaan

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  From /fɹˈɒm/
  من

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  from //fɹɒm// //fɹəm// //fɹʌm// 
  от, из
  with the source or provenance of or at

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
   [obec] z

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
   [obec] ze

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
   [obec] se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
   [obec] od

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
   [obec] ode

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/ 

o

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/ 

oddiwrth

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/ 

oddi

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/ 

rhag

From English-Danish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.0 :   [ freedict:eng-dan ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  fra

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  ab ([+ dat]) 
           Note: zeitlich
        "as from 1990"  - ab 1990, ab dem Jahr 1990
        "starting at/from 100 Euros"  - schon ab 100 Euro
        "as from next month"  - ab dem nächsten Monat, ab nächstem Monat, beginnend mit nächstem Monat
     Synonym: as from/of
  
   see: as of 1990, from today, as of next month, From now on, the course session will be starting half an hour earlier than usual.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  ab ([+ dat]) 
           Note: räumlich
        "go from Dresden"  - ab Dresden fahren
     Synonym: ex
  
   see: ex works
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  aus ([+ dat]) 
           Note: Angabe der Herkunft
        "from the year 2000"  - aus dem Jahr 2000
        "from the time of Maria Theresa"  - aus der Zeit Maria-Theresias
        "from all over Europe"  - aus ganz Europa
        "sb. from amongst us"  - jd. aus unserer Mitte
        "sb. from our midst"  - jd. aus unserer Mitte
        "sb. from the neighourhood"  - jd. aus der Nachbarschaft
        "children from this marriage"  - Kinder aus dieser Ehe
        "be from an old family"  - aus einer alten Familie stammen
        "know about it from the newspaper"  - es aus der Zeitung wissen
   see: from Saxony, From Friedrich Nietzsche, Ecce Homo
  
           Note: provenance

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  von, von … her, von … aus, aus ([+ dat]) 
           Note: als Ausdruck der Herkunft
        "from the outside"  - von außen
        "from the street"  - von der Straße her
        "the train from Eastbourne"  - der Zug aus Eastbourne
        "a coin from his pocket"  - eine Münze aus seiner Tasche
        "a document from the sixteenth century"  - eine Urkunde aus dem sechzehnten Jahrhundert
        "a letter from my aunt"  - ein Brief von meiner Tante
        "a photo from Doris"  - ein Foto von Doris, ein Foto, das ich von Doris (bekommen) habe
        "information from witnesses"  - Auskünfte von Zeugen
        "the man from the insurance company"  - der Mann von der Versicherung
        "The tea is still there from this morning."  - Der Tee von heute morgen ist noch übrig.
        "He watched us from across the street."  - Er beobachtete uns von der anderen Straßenseite aus.
        "The dog came out from under the table."  - Der Hund kam unter dem Tisch hervor.
        "My family is/comes (originally) from Slovenia."  - Meine Familie kommt (ursprünglich) aus Slowenien.
        "Where are you from?"  - Woher kommst du? Woher bist du?
        "Where do you come from?"  - Woher kommst du? Woher bist du?
        "It's 50 kilometres from here to the nearest town."  - Von hier sind es 50 Kilometer bis zur nächsten Stadt.
        "Wine is made from grapes, steel is made from iron."  - Wein wird aus Weintrauben gemacht, Stahl wird aus Eisen gemacht.
           Note: used to express origin

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  von … an, ab ([+ dat]) 
           Note: Beginn einer Zeitspanne
        "from now on"  - von jetzt an
        "from a child"  - von Kindheit an
        "be blind from birth"  - von Geburt an blind sein
        "from start to finish"  - vom Anfang bis zum Ende
        "from A to Z"  - von A bis Z
        "from morning to night"  - von morgens bis abends, vom Morgen bis zum Abend
        "from morning till night"  - von morgens bis abends, vom Morgen bis zum Abend
        "a week from today."  - heute in einer Woche, in einer Woche von heute an gerechnet
     Synonyms: from … on, from … onward
  
   see: from childhood, since childhood
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  von … an 
           Note: Zeitangabe
        "It is clear from the beginning of the book that …"  - Von Beginn des Buches an ist klar, dass …
           Note: used to refer to a time period

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  von ([+ dat]) 
           Note: vergangener Zeitpunkt
        "a hit song of/from 1985"  - ein Musikhit von 1985
        "a painting from 1521"  - ein Gemälde von 1521
     Synonym: of
  
           Note: used to refer to a past point in time

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  
  από

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  from //fɹɒm// //fɹəm// //fɹʌm// 
  -lta, -sta 2.
  with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at
   3.
  with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of
   4.
  with the source or provenance of or at

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  from /frɔm/
  1. de
  2. à partir de, depuis, dès
  3. hors de

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  from /frɔm/
  1. de
  2. as

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/ 
  1. से
        "The worker comes home from the factory."
        "She shows interest in music from childhood."
  2. के~यहाँ~से
        "I got a letter from my brother."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  iz, kod, od, po, podrijetlom, s, sa, u

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  From /fɹˈɒm/
  Šalje

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  from //fɹɒm// //fɹəm// //fɹʌm// 
  dari, mulai, mulai dari

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  di là

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  di

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  da qui

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  from //fɹɒm// //fɹəm// //fɹʌm// 
  から, より 2.
  with the source or provenance of or at
   3.
  with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  from /frɔm/
  1. a, ab, abs
  2. e, ex

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  from //fɹɒm// //fɹəm// //fɹʌm// 
  1. fra, mot
  with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of
  2. fra 2.
  with the source or provenance of or at
   3.
  with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  from /frəm/ /frɒm/ 
   1.  z
   2.  od

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  from /frɔm/
  1. de, proveniente de
  2. a partir de, desde
  3. dentre

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  from /frɔm/
  1. de
  2. desde

From English-Serbian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-srp ]

  from /frɔm/
  из

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  from //fɹɒm// //fɹəm// //fɹʌm// 
  1. från 2.
  with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at
   3.
  with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of
  2. från, ur
  with the source or provenance of or at

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  from /fɹˈɒm/
  1. (edat) (den.), dan, (den.) dolayı. from above yukarıdan, gökten. from childhood çocukluktan beri. from ten to twenty ondan yirmiye kadar, on ile yirmi arasında. as from -dan başlayarak, itibaren.

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  From
  From

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  from
  from

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  from /frˈɔm/ 
  fromm 2.
  som har vördnad inför en gudom
   3.
  välmenande men utan utsikt att bli uppfylld

From Svenska-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-ell ]

  from /frˈɔm/ 
  θρησκευόμενος 2.
  som har vördnad inför en gudom
   3.
  välmenande men utan utsikt att bli uppfylld

From Svenska-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-jpn ]

  from /frˈɔm/ 
  敬虔
  som har vördnad inför en gudom

From Svenska-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-lat ]

  from /frˈɔm/ 
  pius 2.
  som har vördnad inför en gudom
   3.
  välmenande men utan utsikt att bli uppfylld

From Svenska-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-pol ]

  from /frˈɔm/ 
  1. pobożny, nabożny
  som har vördnad inför en gudom
  2. pobożny
  välmenande men utan utsikt att bli uppfylld

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɹəm/

From IPA:nb :   [ IPA:nb ]

  

/fɾɔm/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "from":
     against, away from, barring, discounting, ex, except, excepting,
     exception taken of, excluding, exclusive of, for, leaving out,
     less, minus, not counting, off, out, out of, save, without
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  prep. 从,来自,根据;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     prep. 从,自,从…来;由于,出于;由

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