10 definitions found for from

From FROM, prep.
The sense of from may be expressed by the noun distance, or by the adjective distant, or by the participles, departing, removing to a distance. Thus it is one hundred miles from Boston to Hartford. He took his sword from his side. Light proceeds from the sun. Water issues from the earth in springs. Separate the coarse wool from the fine. Men have all sprung from Adam. Men 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. We should aim to judge from undeniable premises.
The sense of from is literal or figurative, but it is uniformly the same.
In certain phrases, generally or always elliptical, from is followed by certain adverbs, denoting place, region or position, indefinitely, no precise point being expressed; as,
From above, from the upper regions.
From afar, from a distance.
From beneath, from a place or region below.
From below, from a lower place.
From behind, from a place or position in the rear.
From far, from a distant place.
From high, from on high, from a high place, from an upper region, or from heaven.
From hence, from this place; but from is superfluous before hence. The phrase however is common.
From thence, from that place; from being superfluous.
From whence, from which place; from being superfluous.
From where, from which place.
From within, from the interior or inside.
From without, from the outside, from abroad.
From precedes another preposition, followed by its proper object or case.
From amidst, as from amidst the waves.
From among, as from among the trees.
From beneath, as from beneath my head.
From beyond, as from beyond the river.
From forth, as from forth his bridal bower. But this is an inverted order of the words; forth from his bower.
From off, as from off the mercy seat, that is, from the top or surface.
From out, as from out a window, that is, through an opening or from the inside.
From out of, is an ill combination of words and not to be used.
From under, as from under the bed, from under the ashes, that is, from beneath or the lower side.
From within, as from within the house, that is, from the inner part or interior.

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from preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English from, fram; akin to Old High German fram, adverb, forth, away, Old English faran to go — more at fare Date: before 12th century 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> 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> 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>

from
prep. expressing separation or origin, followed by:
1 a person, place, time, etc., that is the starting-point of motion or action, or of extent in place or time (rain comes from the clouds; repeated from mouth to mouth; dinner is served from 8; from start to finish).
2 a place, object, etc. whose distance or remoteness is reckoned or stated (ten miles from Rome; I am far from admitting it; absent from home; apart from its moral aspect).
3 a a source (dig gravel from a pit; a man from Italy; draw a conclusion from premisses; quotations from Shaw). b a giver or sender (presents from Father Christmas; have not heard from her).
4 a a thing or person avoided, escaped, lost, etc. (released him from prison; cannot refrain from laughing; dissuaded from folly). b a person or thing deprived (took his gun from him).
5 a reason, cause, or motive (died from fatigue; suffering from mumps; did it from jealousy; from his looks you might not believe it).
6 a thing distinguished or unlike (know black from white).
7 a lower limit (saw from 10 to 20 boats; tickets from £5).
8 a state changed for another (from being the victim he became the attacker; raised the penalty from a fine to imprisonment).
9 an adverb or preposition of time or place (from long ago; from abroad; from under the bed).
10 the position of a person who observes or considers (saw it from the roof; from his point of view).
11 a model (painted it from nature).
Phrases and idioms:
from a child since childhood. from day to day (or hour to hour etc.) daily (or hourly etc.); as the days (or hours etc.) pass. from home out, away. from now on henceforward. from time to time occasionally. from year to year each year; as the years pass.
Etymology: OE fram, from f. Gmc

from Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown below, 'from' is used in phrasal verbs such as 'date from' and 'grow away from'. 1. If something comes from a particular person or thing, or if you get something from them, they give it to you or they are the source of it. He appealed for information from anyone who saw the attackers. ...an anniversary present from his wife... The results were taken from six surveys... The dirt from the fields drifted like snow. PREP 2. Someone who comes from a particular place lives in that place or originally lived there. Something that comes from a particular place was made in that place. Katy Jones is nineteen and comes from Birmingham. ...wines from Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence. PREP 3. A person from a particular organization works for that organization. ...a representative from the Israeli embassy. PREP 4. If someone or something moves or is moved from a place, they leave it or are removed, so that they are no longer there. The guests watched as she fled from the room. PREP 5. If you take one thing or person from another, you move that thing or person so that they are no longer with the other or attached to the other. In many bone transplants, bone can be taken from other parts of the patient's body... Remove the bowl from the ice and stir in the cream. PREP 6. If you take something from an amount, you reduce the amount by that much. The £103 is deducted from Mrs Adams' salary every month... Three from six leaves three. PREP 7. From is used in expressions such as away from or absent from to say that someone or something is not present in a place where they are usually found. Her husband worked away from home a lot... Jo was absent from the house all the next day. PREP 8. If you return from a place or an activity, you return after being in that place or doing that activity. ...a group of men travelling home from a darts match. PREP 9. If you are back from a place or activity, you have left it and have returned to your former place. Our economics correspondent, James Morgan, is just back from Germany... One afternoon when I was home from school, he asked me to come to see a movie with him. PREP 10. If you see or hear something from a particular place, you are in that place when you see it or hear it. Visitors see the painting from behind a plate glass window... PREP: PREP n, PREP prep, PREP adv 11. If something hangs or sticks out from an object, it is attached to it or held by it. Hanging from his right wrist is a heavy gold bracelet. ...large fans hanging from ceilings... He saw the corner of a magazine sticking out from under the blanket. PREP: v PREP n 12. You can use from when giving distances. For example, if a place is fifty miles from another place, the distance between the two places is fifty miles. The centre of the town is 4 kilometres from the station... How far is it from here? PREP: amount PREP n 13. If a road or railway line goes from one place to another, you can travel along it between the two places. ...the road from St Petersburg to Tallinn. PREP 14. From is used, especially in the expression made from, to say what substance has been used to make something. ...bread made from white flour. ...a luxurious resort built from the island's native coral stone. = out of PREP: v PREP n 15. You can use from when you are talking about the beginning of a period of time. Breakfast is available to fishermen from 6 a.m... From 1922 till 1925 she lived in Prague. PREP 16. You say from one thing to another when you are stating the range of things that are possible, or when saying that the range of things includes everything in a certain category. Over 150 companies will be there, covering everything from finance to fixtures and fittings. PREP: PREP n/-ing 17. If something changes from one thing to another, it stops being the first thing and becomes the second thing. The expression on his face changed from sympathy to surprise... Unemployment has fallen from 7.5 to 7.2%... PREP 18. You use from after some verbs and nouns when mentioning the cause of something. The problem simply resulted from a difference of opinion... He is suffering from eye ulcers, brought on by the intense light in Australia... They really do get pleasure from spending money on other people... Most of the wreckage from the 1985 quake has been cleared. PREP: PREP n/-ing 19. You use from when you are giving the reason for an opinion. She knew from experience that Dave was about to tell her the truth... He sensed from the expression on her face that she had something to say... PREP 20. From is used after verbs with meanings such as 'protect', 'free', 'keep', and 'prevent' to introduce the action that does not happen, or that someone does not want to happen. Such laws could protect the consumer from harmful or dangerous remedies... 300 tons of Peruvian mangoes were kept from entering France. PREP

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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 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.

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 FROM(1) BSD General Commands Manual FROM(1) NAME from - print names of those who have sent mail SYNOPSIS from [-c] [-s sender] [-f file] [user] DESCRIPTION The from utility prints out the mail header lines from the invoker's mailbox. The following options are available: -c Just print a count of messages and exit. -f file The supplied file is examined instead of the invoker's mailbox. If the -f option is used, the user argument should not be used. Read from standard input if file name - is given. -s sender Only mail from addresses containing the supplied string are printed. If user is given, the user's mailbox is examined instead of the invoker's own mailbox. (Privileges are required.) ENVIRONMENT MAIL If set, the location of the invoker's mailbox. Otherwise, the default in /var/mail is used. FILES /var/mail/* SEE ALSO biff(1), mail(1) HISTORY The from command appeared in 3.0BSD. BSD December 30, 1993 BSD