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/ˈfɹɒm/ UK
[ˈfɹʷɒm] UK
/ˈfɹɔm/ British, Southern, Standard
[ˈfɹʷɔm] British, Southern, Standard
/ˈfɹɔm/ Australia, New Zealand
[ˈfɹʷɔm] Australia, New Zealand
/ˈfɹɒm/ Australia, New Zealand
[ˈfɹʷɔ̟m] Australia, New Zealand
/ˈfɹʌm/ Canada, US
[ˈfɹʷʌm] Canada, US
/ˈfɾɔm/ Scotland
/ˈfɾɒm/ Wales
/ˈfɹəm/ unstressed
[ˈfɹʷəm] ~ [ˈfɹʷm̩] unstressed
/ˈfɾəm/ Scotland, Wales, unstressed

Rhymes with -ɒm, -ʌm

Where it comes from

From Middle English from (“from”), from Old English from, fram (“forward, from”), from Proto-West Germanic *fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram (“forward, from, away”). Cognate with Old Saxon fram (“from”) and Old High German fram (“from”), Danish frem (“forth, forward”), Danish fra (“from”), Swedish fram (“forth, forward”), Swedish från (“from”), Norwegian Nynorsk fram (“forward”), Norwegian Nynorsk frå (“from”), Icelandic fram (“forward, on”), Icelandic frá (“from”), Albanian pre, prej. More at fro.

preposition frome

Used to indicate source or provenance. Paul is from New Zealand.
Similar: out of
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.
Indicating a starting point in time. The working day runs from 9 am to 5 pm.
Indicating a starting point on a range or scale. Rate your pain from 1 to 10.
Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations. You can study anything from math to literature.
With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point. It's hard to tell from here.
Multicultural London English Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being. I’ve been doing this from pickney.
Indicating removal or separation. After twenty minutes, remove the cake from the oven.
UK, not in formal use Denoting a subtraction operation. 20 from 31 leaves 11.
Similar: take away
Indicating exclusion. She was barred from entering.
Indicating differentiation. Your opinions differ from mine.
Produced with or out of (a substance or material). It's made from pure gold.
Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of. Too many people die from breast cancer.

Opposite: to

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: according, across, addressed, after, against, aged, ago, alleging, along, among, amongst, around, based, basis, because, beginning

preposition

Opposite: to

Translations

Every language

prep with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at

Español	de, desde, por parte de
한국어	부터 buteo, 에서 eseo
日本語	から kara, より yori
中文	從 /从 cóng, 自 zì, 由 yóu, 由於 /由于 yóuyú, 出於 /出于 chūyú
Português	de
Français	de
Deutsch	von
Italiano	da, di
Română	din de la
Русский	из iz, от ot, с s
العربية	مِن min, عَنْ ʕan
עברית	מ־ mi-, me-, מִן mín

prep with the source or provenance of or at

Español	de, de parte de, proveniente de, procedente de
한국어	-에서 -eseo
日本語	から kara, より yori
中文	從 /从 cóng, 自 zì, 由 yóu, 由於 /由于 yóuyú, 出於 /出于 chūyú
हिन्दी	से se
Português	de
Français	de, dans, sur
Deutsch	von, aus
Italiano	da, di
Ελληνικά	από apó
Română	de
Русский	из iz, от ot, с s
Tiếng Việt	từ
العربية	مِن min
עברית	מ־ mi-, me-, מִן mín

prep with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of

Español	de
中文	從 /从 cóng, 自 zì, 由 yóu, 由於 /由于 yóuyú, 出於 /出于 chūyú
Português	de
Français	de
Deutsch	von, vor
Italiano	da, di
Русский	от ot
العربية	مِن min, عَنْ ʕan
עברית	מ־ mi-, me-, מִן mín

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  title = {from},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/from},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}