Definition of FROM

from

Meanings

Prep

  • Used to indicate source or provenance.
  • Originating at (a year, time, etc.)
  • Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  • Indicating a starting point in time.
  • Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  • Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.
  • Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  • Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations.
  • Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  • With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.
  • Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  • Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being.
  • Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  • Indicating removal or separation.
  • Indicating removal or separation.
  • Denoting a subtraction operation.
  • Indicating exclusion.
  • Indicating differentiation.
  • Produced with or out of (a substance or material).
  • Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

out of, take away

Antonyms

to

Scrabble Score: 9

from is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
from is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
from is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

from is a valid Words With Friends word