Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

from

/ˈfɹɔm/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 6.63 in modern English

Syllables: from
IPA: /ˈfɹɔm/

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep

Used to indicate source or provenance.

prep

Originating at (a year, time, etc.)

prep

Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

prep

Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

prep

Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

prep

Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

prep

Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

prep

Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

Example Sentences

"Paul is from New Zealand."
"I got a letter from my brother."
"You can't get all your news from the Internet."
"Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft."
"There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…]made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished."
"Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism."

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: from, *fram

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfɹɔm/
British English: /ˈfɹɒm/

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

frome (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

away behind home memory fromward fromwards hencefrom herefrom thencefrom therefrom whencefrom wherefrom

Phrases

abstract away from appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober bang from the buck buy out from under come from below come in from the cold drink from the fire hydrant a distance

Synonyms

out of take away

Antonyms

to

Rhymes With

some come become dumb mum sum um drum cum thumb gum bum

Questions

How do you pronounce from?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹɔm/.
What does from mean?: Used to indicate source or provenance.
Where does from come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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