[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/from/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) / from # from preposition «from» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. From shows where something starts or comes from: a letter from Grandma, from home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#m1) 2. From shows where something is taken off: take 3 from 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#m2) 3. From shows the start of a time or a range: from 9 to 3, from 1 to 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#m3) 4. From shows what something is made of or why: made from wood, tired from running. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#m4) 5. From shows a difference: different from, apart from, far from. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#m5) 6. (casual) «Where you from?» asks someone's home town or country; «from scratch» means from the very start; «from the get-go» (US) means from the beginning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#m6) 7. (formal) The exam voice says «deducted from», «subtracted from», «derived from», «with effect from», «originating from», «as of». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#m7) ### In the lessons taking things off the table, or one number off another («take A from B», «subtract A from B» = B − A); the giver in «gets 5 from her brother»; a range «from 1 to 10»; in everyday life «where are you from?», «from now on», «apart from»; in science «ice is made from water»; in casual talk «from scratch», «where you from?»; in the exam voice «deducted from», «derived from», «with effect from» ### Examples - I eat one banana from the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#x1) - Take 16 away from 17. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#x2) - Subtract 6 from 14. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#x3) - Lucy gets 5 cards from her brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#x4) - I walk home from school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#x5) - My uncle is from Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#x6) - Count from 1 to 20. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#x7) - The shop is open from 9 to 5. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#x8) - Paper is made from trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#x9) - nicked 2 chips from your plate, soz [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#x10) - We made the cake from scratch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#x11) - A sum of 6 dollars is deducted from an initial balance of 14 dollars; state the residual balance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#x12) - There was good news from Cincinnatus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/#x13) ### Note «take A from B», «subtract A from B» or «A is deducted from B» = B − A: the number after «from» is the starting one. Trap: «gets 5 from her brother» means she gets more: add for her (and her brother has 5 less). «From 1 to 10» includes both 1 and 10. «nicked 2 from your plate» means the plate has 2 fewer. «from scratch» is about starting anew, not a number. ## In Jewish tradition taking things off the table, or one number off another («take A from B», «subtract A from B» = B − A); the giver in «gets 5 from her brother»; a range «from 1 to 10»; in everyday life «where are you from?», «from now on», «apart from»; in science «ice is made from water»; in casual talk «from scratch», «where you from?»; in the exam voice «deducted from», «derived from», «with effect from» ### Examples - And from the wilderness to Mattanah; (Torah NUM.21.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/from/#x1) - And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. (Torah GEN.26.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/from/#x2) - And they journeyed from Dophkah, and pitched in Alush. (Torah NUM.33.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/from/#x3) - Clear Thou me from hidden faults. (Writings PSA.19.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/from/#x4) - Is counsel perished from the prudent? (Prophets JER.49.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/from/#x5) - Shall I redeem them from death? (Prophets HOS.13.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/from/#x6) ### Note «take A from B», «subtract A from B» or «A is deducted from B» = B − A: the number after «from» is the starting one. Trap: «gets 5 from her brother» means she gets more: add for her (and her brother has 5 less). «From 1 to 10» includes both 1 and 10. «nicked 2 from your plate» means the plate has 2 fewer. «from scratch» is about starting anew, not a number. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «from» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/from/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«from» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/from.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «from» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/from/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«from» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/from.html) on Mova free.