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English

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Alternative spellings

  • bye (archaic for preposition and adverb, not used for abbreviation, preferred for noun and interjection)


Pronunciation

  • IPA: /baɪ/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-by.ogg
  • Homophones: bi, bye, buy


Etymology

Preposition

  1. Near or next to.
  2. : The mailbox is by the bus stop.
  3. At some time before (the given time).
  4. : Be back by ten o'clock!
  5. (Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice) Through the action or presence of.
  6. : The matter was decided by the chairman.
  7. : The boat was swamped by the water.
  8. : He was protected by his body armour.
  9. (Indicates the creator of a work) Existing through the authorship etc of.
  10. : There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
  11. (Indicates a means) Involving/using the means of.
  12. : I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
  13. (Indicates a rule followed) Using the rules or logic of.
  14. : I sorted the items by category.
  15. (Indicates the amount of some progression) With a change of.
  16. : Our stock is up by ten percent.
  17. (In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.)
  18. : We went through the book page by page.
  19. : We crawled forward by inches.
  20. (Indicates an oath) With the authority of.
  21. : By Jove! I think she's got it!
  22. : By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.


Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

  1. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
  2. : I watched as it passed by.


Translations

Derived terms

Adjective

  1. Out of the way, subsidiary.

Antonyms


Derived terms


Noun

  1. In the Context of A pass


Interjection


BY

  1. Belarus, a member state of the United Nations.
  2. Bavaria, a federal state of Germany.


Category:100 English basic words Category:English two-letter words

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Danish

Etymology

Noun

by c

  1. town, city


Related terms


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Lojban

Cmavo

by

  1. letteral for b


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Norwegian

Noun

by

  1. town, city


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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [bɨ]


Particle

  1. (always before a verb) a particle used to make conditional mood; would, should
  2. : On by tam nie poszedł. = On nie poszedłby tam. — He would not go there.


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Synonyms


Conjunction

  1. in order to


Synonyms


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Swedish

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Sv-by.ogg


Noun

by

  1. village
  2. breeze, gust


Related terms

;village


;breeze


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English By \By\ (b[imac]), prep. [OE. bi, AS. b[imac], big, near to, by,
of, from, after, according to; akin to OS. & OFries. bi, be,
D. bij, OHG. b[imac], G. bei, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr. 'amfi`.
E. prefix be- is orig. the same word. [root]203. See pref.
Be-.]
1. In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from;
close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.
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By foundation or by shady rivulet
He sought them both. --Milton.
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2. On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.
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Long labors both by sea and land he bore. --Dryden.
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By land, by water, they renew the charge. --Pope.
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3. Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side
of; past; as, to go by a church.
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4. Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty
feet by forty.
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5. Against. [Obs.] --Tyndale [1. Cor. iv. 4].
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6. 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.
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Note: To the meaning of by, as denoting means or agency,
belong, more or less closely, most of the following
uses of the word:
(a) It points out the author and producer; as, "Waverley",
a novel by Sir W.Scott; a statue by Canova; a sonata
by Beethoven.
(b) In an oath or adjuration, it indicates the being or
thing appealed to as sanction; as, I affirm to you by
all that is sacred; he swears by his faith as a
Christian; no, by Heaven.
(c) According to; by direction, authority, or example of;
after; -- in such phrases as, it appears by his
account; ten o'clock by my watch; to live by rule; a
model to build by.
(d) At the rate of; according to the ratio or proportion
of; in the measure or quantity of; as, to sell cloth
by the yard, milk by the quart, eggs by the dozen,
meat by the pound; to board by the year.
(e) In comparison, it denotes the measure of excess or
deficiency; when anything is increased or diminished,
it indicates the measure of increase or diminution;
as, larger by a half; older by five years; to lessen
by a third.
(f) It expresses continuance or duration; during the
course of; within the period of; as, by day, by night.
(g) As soon as; not later than; near or at; -- used in
expressions of time; as, by this time the sun had
risen; he will be here by two o'clock.
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Note: In boxing the compass, by indicates a pint nearer to,
or towards, the next cardinal point; as, north by east,
i.e., a point towards the east from the north;
northeast by east, i.e., on point nearer the east than
northeast is.
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Note: With is used instead of by before the instrument with
which anything is done; as, to beat one with a stick;
the board was fastened by the carpenter with nails. But
there are many words which may be regarded as means or
processes, or, figuratively, as instruments; and
whether with or by shall be used with them is a matter
of arbitrary, and often, of unsettled usage; as, to a
reduce a town by famine; to consume stubble with fire;
he gained his purpose by flattery; he entertained them
with a story; he distressed us with or by a recital of
his sufferings. see With.
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By all means, most assuredly; without fail; certainly.

By and by.
(a) Close together (of place). [Obs.] "Two yonge knightes
liggyng [lying] by and by." --Chaucer.
(b) Immediately; at once. [Obs.] "When . . . persecution
ariseth because of the word, by and by he is
offended." --Matt. xiii. 21.
(c) Presently; pretty soon; before long.

Note: In this phrase, by seems to be used in the sense of
nearness in time, and to be repeated for the sake of
emphasis, and thus to be equivalent to "soon, and
soon," that is instantly; hence, -- less emphatically,
-- pretty soon, presently.

By one's self, with only one's self near; alone; solitary.

By the bye. See under Bye.

By the head (Naut.), having the bows lower than the stern;
-- said of a vessel when her head is lower in the water
than her stern. If her stern is lower, she is by the
stern.

By the lee, the situation of a vessel, going free, when she
has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her
stern, and to take her sails aback on the other side.

By the run, to let go by the run, to let go altogether,
instead of slacking off.

By the way, by the bye; -- used to introduce an incidental
or secondary remark or subject.

Day by day, One by one, Piece by piece, etc., each day,
each one, each piece, etc., by itself singly or
separately; each severally.

To come by, to get possession of; to obtain.

To do by, to treat, to behave toward.

To set by, to value, to esteem.

To stand by, to aid, to support.
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Note: The common phrase good-by is equivalent to farewell,
and would be better written good-bye, as it is a
corruption of God be with you (b'w'ye).
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English By \By\ (b[imac]), adv.
1. Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no
person by at the time.
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2. Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession
has gone by; a bird flew by.
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3. Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English By \By\ (b[imac]), a.
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.
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WordNet by
adv 1: so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"
[syn: past]
2: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside
money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age";
"has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside,
away]
Moby Dictionary
abeam , abreast , accommodated to , according to , adapted to , adieu ,
adjusted to , after , agreeable to , agreeably to , all through ,
along by , alongside , among , answerable to , around , as to , aside ,
at , back , beside , by dint of , by means of , by use of , by virtue of ,
by way of , bye-bye , conformable to , congruent with ,
consistent with , farewell , from , good-bye , hereby , herewith , in ,
in accordance with , in agreement with , in compliance with ,
in conformity with , in correspondence to , in harmony with ,
in keeping with , in line with , in lock-step with , in obedience to ,
in reserve , in step with , in uniformity with , in virtue of , near ,
nearby , next to , nigh , on , over , passing by , passing through , per ,
proper to , round , round about , so long , suitable for , thanks to ,
thereby , therewith , through , to , toward , uniform with , upon , via ,
whereby , wherewith , wherewithal , with


FOLDOC by

The country code for Belarus.

(1999-01-27)


By in the expression "by myself" (A.V., 1 Cor. 4:4), means, as rendered in the Revised Version, "against myself."
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