Fromis apreposition.
Starting point
We usefromto show the time or point in time when something starts:
Tickets for the concert are on salefromMonday.
The finals take placefrom1.30 pm on Sunday.
We usefromto show the level that things begin at, such as numbers or prices:
Prices startfrom£366 per week for a property that sleeps four, including a return ferry crossing.
We usefromto talk about distance in relation to somewhere else:
The Metro station is nearby and we are only five minutesfromthe motorway.
Origin
We usefromto refer to the place where someone or something starts or originates:
Bernie comesfromManchester.
We get our vegetablesfromthe farm shop. They’re really fresh.
Would you get me a knifefromthat drawer?
We usefromto talk about the way we use materials or ingredients to make things:
Camembert is also madefromunpasteurised milk, like Brie.
[A twig is a small, thin stick from a tree. A broom is a type of brush.]
Brooms used to be madefromtwigs.
See also:
Of
Made of
From…to
We usefrom … toto talk about ranges of different things:
Prices rangefrom£405to£425, depending on the size of the room, and include breakfast and dinner.
Sir Edward Youde was the Governor of Hong Kongfrom1982to1985.
The river flowsfromeasttowest.
There were six Miller children, ranging in agefromnineteentoseven.
We usefrom … toto talk about a change in the state of someone or something:
He’s movedfromWimbledontoLeeds.
A small cloud of smoke rose from the glass and the colour of the liquid changedfromredtopurple, andfrompurpletoa watery green.