Définitions
1.PrepositionUsed 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.PrepositionOriginating at (a year, time, etc.)"This manuscript is from the 1980s."
3.PrepositionUsed 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.; Face away from the wall!; 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).; Rate your pain from 1 to 10.; Start counting from 1.; You can study anything from math to literature.; 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.; From the top of the lighthouse you can just see the mainland.; I’ve been doing this from pickney."
4.PrepositionIndicating 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)."
5.PrepositionIndicating a starting point on a range or scale."Rate your pain from 1 to 10.; Start counting from 1."
6.PrepositionIndicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations."You can study anything from math to literature."
7.PrepositionWith 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.; From the top of the lighthouse you can just see the mainland."
8.PrepositionIndicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being."I’ve been doing this from pickney."
9.PrepositionIndicating removal or separation."After twenty minutes, remove the cake from the oven.; The general was ousted from power.; 20 from 31 leaves 11."
10.PrepositionDenoting a subtraction operation."20 from 31 leaves 11."
11.PrepositionIndicating exclusion."She was barred from entering.; A parasol protects from the sun."
12.PrepositionIndicating differentiation."Your opinions differ from mine.; He knows right from wrong."
13.PrepositionProduced with or out of (a substance or material)."It's made from pure gold."
14.PrepositionUsed to indicate causation; because of, as a result of."Too many people die from breast cancer."