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{
"term": "from",
"partOfSpeech": "preposition",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used to show where somebody/something starts",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She began to walk away from him."
},
{
"text": "Has the train from Bristol arrived?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to show what the origin of somebody/something is",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm from Italy."
},
{
"text": "documents from the sixteenth century"
},
{
"text": "quotations from Shakespeare"
},
{
"text": "heat from the sun"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used to show who sent or gave something/somebody",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an email from my brother"
},
{
"text": "information from witnesses"
},
{
"text": "the man from *(= representing)* the insurance company"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to show when something starts",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We're open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day."
},
{
"text": "He was blind from birth."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "used to show how far apart two places are",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "100 metres from the scene of the accident"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "used to show somebody’s position or point of view",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can see the island from here."
},
{
"text": "From a financial point of view the project was a disaster."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "used to show the range of something",
"sensetop": "from something (to something)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The temperature varies from 30 degrees to minus 20."
},
{
"text": "The store sells everything from shoelaces to computers."
},
{
"text": "Conditions vary from school to school."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "used to show the state or form of something/somebody before a change",
"sensetop": "from something (to something)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Things have gone **from bad to worse**."
},
{
"text": "translating from English to Spanish"
},
{
"text": "You need a break from routine."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "used when making or recognizing a difference between two people or things",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Is Portuguese very different from Spanish?"
},
{
"text": "I can't tell one twin from the other."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 10,
"definition": "used to show the material that something is made of",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Steel is made from iron."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 11,
"definition": "used to show that somebody/something is separated or removed",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The party was ousted from power after eighteen years."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 12,
"definition": "used to show that something is prevented",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She saved him from drowning."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 13,
"definition": "used to show the reason for something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She felt sick from tiredness."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 14,
"definition": "used to show the reason for making a judgement",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can tell a lot about a person from their handwriting."
},
{
"text": "From what I heard the company's in deep trouble."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "starting at the time mentioned and continuously after that",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**From now on** you can work on your own."
},
{
"text": "She never spoke to him again from that day on."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/frəm//frɒm/",
"audio": "fr/from/from__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/frəm//frʌm//frɑːm/",
"audio": "fr/from/from__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English fram, from, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse frá (see fro)."
}