Definitions for thereby
ˌðɛərˈbaɪ, ˈðɛərˌbaɪthere·by

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. therebyadverb

   by that means or because of that

   "He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. therebyadverb

   By that.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Therebyadverb

   By that; by means of that; in consequence of that.

   Etymology: there and by.

   Some parts of our liturgy consist in the reading of the word of God, and the proclaiming of his law, that the people may thereby learn what their duties are towards him. Richard Hooker.

   Therewith at last he forc’d him to untie
   One of his grasping feet, him to defend thereby. Fa. Qu.

   Being come to the height, they were thereby brought to an absolute necessity. John Davies, on Ireland.

   Dare to be true; nothing can need a lie,
   A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby. George Herbert.

   If the paper be placed beyond the focus, and then the red colour at the lens be alternately intercepted and let pass, the violet on the paper will not suffer any change thereby. Newton.

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1. thereby

   "Thereby" is an adverb used to indicate the result or consequence of an action or event. It suggests that something happens as a result of something else, i.e., in direct consequence or by that means.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Therebyadverb

   by that; by that means; in consequence of that

2. Therebyadverb

   annexed to that

3. Therebyadverb

   thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'thereby' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3559

2. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'thereby' in Adverbs Frequency: #258

How to pronounce thereby?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say thereby in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of thereby in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of thereby in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of thereby in a Sentence

1. Chairman Thompson:

   From the coronavirus pandemic to the rise of right-wing extremism to ongoing election interference, there are urgent threats requiring our attention, mr. Wolf's refusal to testify -- thereby evading congressional oversight at this critical time -- is especially troubling given the serious matters facing the Department and the Nation.

2. Cormac McCarthy:

   The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you for what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras having neither analogue nor precedent, an itinerant carnival, a migratory tentshow whose ultimate destination after many a pitch in many a mudded field is unspeakable and calamitous beyond reckoning.

3. Eddie Lampert:

   We reached the point in the past 12 months where some of our vendors have reduced their support, thereby placing additional pressure on our business.

4. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar:

   I shall have no faith in Rama and Krishna who are believed to be incarnation of God nor shall I worship them. I thereby reject my old religion, Hinduism, which is detrimental to the prosperity of human kind and which discriminates between man and man and which treats me as inferior.

5. John Berlinski:

   It's no secret that Disney is releasing films like Black Widow directly onto Disney + to increase subscribers and thereby boost the company's stock price — and that it's hiding behind Covid-19 as a pretext to do so, but ignoring the contracts of the artists responsible for the success of its films in furtherance of this short-sighted strategy violates their rights and we look forward to proving as much in court.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=thereby
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thereby
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=thereby
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thereby