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prep.prep. used to show where something starts or where it comes from. You use it for places, times, or the beginning of a range.
prep. indicating the point in space, time, or scale at which a logical sequence, motion, or amount begins.
The train travels from London to Paris.
The shop is open from nine in the morning until six in the evening every weekday.
The data set includes results from a wide variety of sources, ranging from small local surveys to large international studies conducted over several decades.
From Middle English from (“from”), from Old English from, fram (“forward, from”), from Proto-West Germanic fram, from Proto-Germanic fram (“forward, from, away”). Cognate with Old Saxon fram (“from”) and Old High German fram (“from”), Danish frem (“forth, forward”), Danish fra (“from”), Swedish fram (“forth, forward”), Swedish från (“from”), Norwegian Nynorsk fram (“forward”), Norwegian Nynorsk frå (“from”), Icelandic fram (“forward, on”), Icelandic frá (“from”), Albanian pre, prej. More at fro.
Commonly paired with 'to' or 'until' to define a range or duration.
It depends from the weather.It depends on the weather.Learners often translate directly from their native language and use 'from' with 'depend', but the correct preposition is 'on'.