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from prep, indicating 1 a starting-point in place or time • from London to Glasgow • crippled from birth. 2 a lower limit • tickets from £12 upwards. 3 repeated progression • trail from shop to shop. 4 movement out of • took a letter from the drawer. 5 distance away • 16 miles from Dover. 6 a viewpoint • can see the house from here. 7 separation; removal • took it away from her. 8 point of attachment • hanging from a nail. 9 exclusion • omitted from the sample. 10 source or origin • made from an old curtain. 11 change of condition • translate from French into English • From being an intimate lover, he turned very hostile. 12 cause • ill from overwork. 13 deduction as a result of observation • see from her face she's angry. 14 distinction • can't tell one twin from the other. 15 prevention, protection, exemption, immunity, release, escape, etc • safe from harm • excused from attending • exempted from tax • released from prison.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon fram.