from

Used to indicate source or provenance.

• Paul is from New Zealand.
• I got a letter from my brother.
• You can't get all your news from the Internet.

Originating at (a year, time, etc.)

• This manuscript is from the 1980s.

Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

• He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
• He departed yesterday from Chicago.
• This figure has been changed from a one to a seven.

Indicating a starting point in time.

• The working day runs from 9 am to 5 pm.
• Tickets are available from 17th July.
• The store will be open from nine in the morning, but I’ll be at home from Wed. evening (on).

Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.

• Rate your pain from 1 to 10.
• Start counting from 1.

Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations.

• You can study anything from math to literature.

With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.

• It's hard to tell from here.
• Try to see it from his point of view.
• The bomb went off just 100 yards from where they were standing.

Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being.

• I’ve been doing this from pickney.

Indicating removal or separation.

• After twenty minutes, remove the cake from the oven.
• The general was ousted from power.
• He knuckled the sleep from his eyes.

Denoting a subtraction operation.

• 20 from 31 leaves 11.

Indicating exclusion.

• She was barred from entering.
• A parasol protects from the sun.

Indicating differentiation.

• Your opinions differ from mine.
• He knows right from wrong.

Produced with or out of (a substance or material).

• It's made from pure gold.

Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.

• Too many people die from breast cancer.