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1. 1

   Used to indicate source or provenance.

   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.

2. 2

   Originating at (a year, time, etc.)

   This manuscript is from the 1980s.

3. 3

   Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

   He had books piled from floor to ceiling.

   He departed yesterday from Chicago.

   This figure has been changed from a one to a seven.

   Face away from the wall!

4. 4

   Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference. Indicating a starting point in time.

   The working day runs from 9 am to 5 pm.

   Tickets are available from 17th July.

   The store will be open from nine in the morning, but I’ll be at home from Wed. evening (on).

5. 5

   Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference. Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.

   Rate your pain from 1 to 10.

   Start counting from 1.

6. 6

   Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference. Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations.

   You can study anything from math to literature.

7. 7

   Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference. With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.

   It's hard to tell from here.

   Try to see it from his point of view.

   The bomb went off just 100 yards from where they were standing.

   From the top of the lighthouse you can just see the mainland.

8. 8

   Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference. Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being.

   I’ve been doing this from pickney.

   I’ve been a bad boy from a little youth.

9. 9

   Indicating removal or separation.

   After twenty minutes, remove the cake from the oven.

   The general was ousted from power.

   He knuckled the sleep from his eyes.

10. 10

    Indicating removal or separation. Denoting a subtraction operation.

    20 from 31 leaves 11.

11. 11

    Indicating exclusion.

    She was barred from entering.

    A parasol protects from the sun.

12. 12

    Indicating differentiation.

    Your opinions differ from mine.

    He knows right from wrong.

    In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.

13. 13

    Produced with or out of (a substance or material).

    It's made from pure gold.

14. 14

    Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.

    Too many people die from breast cancer.