from
preposition (REMOVE) strong /frɒm/
/frɑːm/ weak /frəm/ Definition
› used to show that someone has left a place, or that something has been removed or taken away: They were exiled from their homes during the war. Her handbag was snatched from her in the street. A refining process is used to extract usable fuel from crude oil.Backwards, sideways and back and forth › If you take a smaller amount from a larger amount, you reduce the larger amount by the smaller one: 3 from 16 is 13.Addition, subtraction, multiplication and divisionCalculations and calculating
(Definition of from preposition (REMOVE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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from preposition (ORIGIN)
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Synonyms and related words:
- anticlockwise adjective, adverb
- aside adverb (TO ONE SIDE)
- back adverb (FURTHER AWAY)
- back adverb (RETURN)
- back and forth idiom
- back noun (FURTHEST PART)
- backward adjective (OPPOSITE DIRECTION)
- backwards adverb
- counterclockwise adjective, adverb
- hither and thither idiom
- retro- prefix (BACKWARDS)
- right/wrong way round idiom
- saw verb 2
- sideways adverb, adjective
- stand back phrasal verb
- there and back idiom
- to and fro adverb, adjective
- to-ing and fro-ing noun
- up preposition (ALONG)
- up preposition (ORIGIN)
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