from

from is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

• (RP, stressed): IPA: /frɒm/, SAMPA: /frQm/
• (US, stressed, rare): enPR: främ, IPA: /frɑm/, SAMPA: /frAm/
• (unstressed): enPR: frəm, IPA: /frəm/, SAMPA: /fr@m/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

Preposition

Preposition from

1. Away. When something is moving from a place, it was at the place but is going farther from the place.

   People from a hot country have a problem when it's very cold here.

   I got a letter from my mother in the mail today.

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