from

Preposition

1. Used to indicate source or provenance.
   • Paul is from New Zealand.
   • I got a letter from my brother.
   • You can't get all your news from the Internet.
2. Originating at (a year, time, etc.)
   • This manuscript is from the 1980s.
3. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
   • He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
   • He departed yesterday from Chicago.
   • This figure has been changed from a one to a seven.

   1. Indicating a starting point in time.

      • The working day runs from 9 am to 5 pm.
      • Tickets are available from 17th July.
      • The store will be open from nine in the morning, but I’ll be at home from Wed. evening (on).

   2. Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.

      • Rate your pain from 1 to 10.
      • Start counting from 1.

   3. Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations.

      • You can study anything from math to literature.

   4. With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.

      • It's hard to tell from here.
      • Try to see it from his point of view.
      • The bomb went off just 100 yards from where they were standing.

   5. (MLE) Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being.

      • I’ve been doing this from pickney.
      • I’ve been a bad boy from a little youth. - 2021 August 17, TStackz & Kapz, “BGB”, 1:01–1:03:
4. Indicating removal or separation.
   • After twenty minutes, remove the cake from the oven.
   • The general was ousted from power.

   1. (mathematics, chiefly UK, not in formal use) Denoting a subtraction operation.

      • 20 from 31 leaves 11.
5. Indicating exclusion.
   • She was barred from entering.
   • A parasol protects from the sun.
6. Indicating differentiation.
   • Your opinions differ from mine.
   • He knows right from wrong.
   • In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual. -...
7. Produced with or out of (a substance or material).
   • It's made from pure gold.
8. Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.
   • Too many people die from breast cancer.