from

(used to specify a starting point in spatial movement).

a train running west from Chicago.

(used to specify a starting point in an expression of limits).

The number of stores will be increased from 25 to 30.

(used to express removal or separation, as in space, time, or order).

two miles from shore;

30 minutes from now;

from one page to the next.

(used to express discrimination or distinction).

to be excluded from membership;

to differ from one's father.

(used to indicate source or origin).

to come from the Midwest;

to take a pencil from one's pocket.

(used to indicate agent or instrumentality).

death from starvation.

(used to indicate cause or reason).

From the evidence, he must be guilty.

used to indicate the original location, situation, etc

from Paris to Rome

from behind the bushes

from childhood to adulthood

in a period of time starting at

he lived from 1910 to 1970

used to indicate the distance between two things or places

a hundred miles from here

used to indicate a lower amount

from five to fifty pounds

showing the model of

painted from life

used with the gerund to mark prohibition, restraint, etc

nothing prevents him from leaving

because of

exhausted from his walk