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Definition of 'By'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (prep.) by
near to or next to:
a home by a lake.

2.  by
over the surface of, through the medium of, along, or using as a route:
She came by air.

3.  by
on, as a means of conveyance:
to arrive by ship.

4.  by
to and beyond a place; past:
We drove by the church.

5.  by
during:
by day; by night.

6.  by
not later than:
I'll be done by five o'clock.

7.  by
to the extent or amount of:
taller by three inches.

8.  by
from the evidence or authority of:
By his own account he was there.

9.  by
according to:
a bad movie by any standards.

10.  by
through the agency of:
The booklet was issued by the government.

11.  by
from the hand or invention of:
a poem by Emily Dickinson.

12.  by
as a result or on the basis of:
We met by chance.

13.  by
in support of; for:
to do well by one's children.

14.  by
(of things in succession) after; next after:
piece by piece.

15.  by
(in multiplication) taken the number of times as that specified by the second number, or multiplier:
Multiply 18 by 57.

16.  by
(in measuring shapes, spaces, etc.) with another dimension of:
a room 10 feet by 12 feet.

17.  by
(in division) separated into the number of equal parts as that specified by the second number, or divisor:
Divide 99 by 33.

18.  by
in terms or amounts of:
Apples are sold by the bushel.

19.  by
begot or born of:
She had a son by her first husband.

20.  by
(of quadrupeds) having as a sire:
Equipoise II by Equipoise.

21.  by
one point toward on the compass:
N by NE.

22.  by
to, into, or at:
Come by my office this afternoon.

23. (adv.) by
at hand; near:
The school is close by.

24.  by
to and beyond a point; past:
The car drove by.

25.  by
aside; away:
to lay by money for retirement.

26.  by
to or at someone's home, office, etc.:
Stop by later.

27.  by
past; over:
in times gone by.

28. (adj.) by
situated to one side:
a by passage.

29.  by
incidental:
a by comment.

30. (n.) by
by and by, before long; presently.

31.  by
by and large, in general; on the whole.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE bī)

Definition of 'By'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adverb) by, past
so as to pass a given point
"every hour a train goes past"

2. (adverb) aside, by, away
in reserve; not for immediate use
"started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"

Definition of 'By'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (preposition) by
indicates who did an action when used with a passive verb
products made by the Chinese; a book by Al Gore

2.  by
near to
I saw it by the back door.

3.  by
past
a car driving by us

4.  by
indicates how sth is done
sent by email; traveling by plane/bus/car/train/boat; You won't achieve anything by lying.; a path lit by moonlight

5.  by
before or not later than
We'll be done by 6:00.; asleep by the time I got home; They should be back by now.

6.  by
as a result of sth
death by drowning; I dialed your number by mistake.

7.  by
by accident/mistake
indicates a measured amount, rate, etc.
The ball missed my head by half an inch.; I get paid by the hour.; The room is 16' by 16'.

8.  by
according to
By law, teenagers cannot drive at night.; I knew by the look on mom's face.

9.  by
indicates which part sb touches
She grabbed the boy by the hand.; to pick up the suitcase by the strap

10.  by
by the way
indicates sth that may not be related to the conversation
By the way, have you seen Emily lately?

11.  by
little by little/day by day etc.
indicates that sth happens gradually
Week by week she felt better.

12. (adverb) by
past
people walking by; A few minutes went by.

13.  by
come/stop/go by
to visit for a short time
I went by my parents on the way home.

Definition of 'By'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) By
out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc

2. (adverb) By
near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time

3. (adverb) By
passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by

4. (adverb) By
aside; as, to lay by; to put by

5.  By
in the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me

6.  By
on; along; in traversing. Compare 5

7.  By
near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church

8.  By
used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty

9.  By
against

10.  By
with, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force

Translation of 'By'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: next to; near; at the side of by the door; He sat by his sister.
Afrikaans: by, naby	Arabic: قُرْب، بِجانِب	Bulgarian: до
Brazilian: perto de	Czech: vedle, u	German: bei
Danish: ved siden af	Greek: δίπλα σε	Spanish: junto a
Estonian: juures, kõrval	Farsi: کنار؛ نزدیک	Finnish: vieressä
French: (au)près de	Hebrew: עַל-יד, לְיָד	Hindi: पास में, साथ में
Croatian: pokraj	Hungarian: közelében	Indonesian: di sisi
Icelandic: hjá, við hliðina á	Italian: presso	Japanese: ～のそばに
Korean: …곁에서	Lithuanian: prie,šalia	Latvian: pie; līdzās
Malay: sebelah	Dutch: bij, naast	Norwegian: ved siden av, hos, (like)
Polish: obok, przy	Persian: کنار؛ نزدیک	Pashto: څنډه ،نږدی
Portuguese: perto de	Romanian: lângă, alături de	Russian: около, рядом, у
Slovak: pri, vedľa	Slovenian: poleg, blizu, pri	Serbian: pored
Swedish: vid, bredvid, intill	Thai: ใกล้	Turkish: yakında, yanında
Taiwanese: 在...旁	Ukrainian: коло, біля	Urdu: ساتھ ، آگے
Vietnamese: gần; cạnh	Chinese: 在...旁
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