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Synonyms for from

  • preposition

Most common

by out of

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Preposition

out of, by

Antonyms

to, toward, towards

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Definitions

  1. prep. 1

    Used to indicate source or provenance.

    Paul is from New Zealand.

Related words

Word family
fromward
Phrases
apart from aside from manna from heaven from now on from the jump from the start from the get-go far from

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From or To?

Cataline was banished from Rome; John the Apostle was banished to Patmos.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • by You are not old enough to go swimming by yourself.

Popularity over time

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Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

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