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Definitions

prep

Used to indicate source or provenance.

Paul is from New Zealand.

I got a letter from my brother.

Originating at (a year, time, etc.)

This manuscript is from the 1980s.

Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

He had books piled from floor to ceiling.

He departed yesterday from Chicago.

Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

The working day runs from 9 am to 5 pm.

Tickets are available from 17th July.

Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

Rate your pain from 1 to 10.

Start counting from 1.

Collocations

ADJ.

all, different, far, grim, new, original, other, religious

The new manager came from a completely different company across town.

VERB + FROM

came, can't, comes, expect, expecting, got, happens, heard

I got the job from a friend who worked at the company.

FROM + NOUN

brother, communication, courses, doctor's, geneva, god, henry, internet

I received helpful advice from my doctor about managing my back pain.

PREP.

than, with

She looked completely different from what I remembered.

ADV.

away

The dog ran away from the park when it heard the loud fireworks.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

home away from home

A place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.

I stayed in a lot of hotels in New York with the Dead and with Jerry's band, but the Navarro, more than any other, became our home away from home.

from scratch

From the beginning; starting with no advantage or prior preparation.

There were so many errors in the program that the programmer decided to rewrite it from scratch.

from the ground up

From the beginning; starting with the basics, foundation, or fundamentals.

A bright, ambitious kid just out of technical school, learning railroading from the ground up.

from the get-go

From the very beginning; from the outset; immediately upon starting.

I watched him closely from the get-go because I did not trust him.

separate the wheat from the chaff

To select only that which is of value.

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Example Bank

Paul is from New Zealand.

Wiktionary

I got a letter from my brother.

Wiktionary

You can't get all your news from the Internet.

Wiktionary

I didn't know where it came from.

Tatoeba · #1383

You're just running away from life's problems.

Tatoeba · #1388

One can't expect everything from schools.

Tatoeba · #1413

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