A Dictionary entry for the word from, focused on its core sense of origin, source, or starting point, with two short examples and a brief boundary note.
From shows where someone or something starts, in place or origin. Picture a package travelling from a sender's house to your door.
Where are you from? This asks about someone's home or origin.
These vegetables are fresh from the garden. Here, from names the source the vegetables came out of.
From points back at where something began. In the sentence The train goes from Boston to New York, from tells you the starting point: Boston, the place the trip began.
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The word 'from' is a preposition. It links a noun or pronoun to another word by showing where something starts, where it came from, or when it begins. [1][8]
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A preposition is a small word, like 'in', 'on', or 'at', that links one thing to another in a sentence. It usually sits right before a noun or pronoun and shows how that noun relates to the rest of the sentence, often pointing to place, time, or direction.
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Miniature dictionary-style definition of onto for an English learner
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Meaning of the definite article the
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Miniature dictionary entry for 'how to go about'.
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Situational usage guide for choosing between from and to in movement sentences
