English Explanatory Dictionary

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English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep
  1. Near or next to.
  2. From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
  3. Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval); before.
  4. After a given amount of time has elapsed or a given event has occurred.
  5. Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.
  6. Following a passive verb.
  7. Following a noun.
  8. Following an adjective.
  9. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
  10. Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
  11. Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
  12. Invokes an authority in an oath.
adv
  1. Along a path which runs past someone or something.
  2. In the vicinity, near.
  3. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
  4. Aside, away.
  5. Beyond or past a certain point.
adj
  1. Out of the way, off to one side.
  2. Subsidiary, incidental.
noun
  1. Alternative form of bye.
intj
  1. Dated form of bye (“goodbye”).
name
  1. The station code of Byculla railway station in India.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of attribution.

Pronunciation

bī /baɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-by.wav en-us-by.ogg

Word forms

by bye bys

Etymology

From Middle English by, bi, from Old English bī (“by; near; around”), from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi (“near; by; around; about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Cognate with West Frisian by (“by; near”), Afrikaans by (“at; by; near”), Saterland Frisian bie (“near; by”), Dutch bij (“near; by”), German Low German bi (“by; near; at”), German bei (“by; near; at”).

Antonyms

main principal

Derived words

bit by bit by and by by and large by day by degrees by dint of by God by golly by Jesus by means of by night by oneself by one's lonesome by right by rights by the book by the by by the bye by the way by way of by your leave do good by do right by hard by off-by-one secure by design side by side betime beway bycause by foot bygone byline bypass bypoll byrlady bystanding Bywater closeby drop by flyby forthby full and by hang-by hereby hushaby loteby nearby outbye passer-by passerby play-by-play put by right by sail-by sailby sail-by salute stand by stop by swingby

Translations

Afrikaans: deur Arabic: بِـ Azerbaijani: vasitəsilə Chinese Mandarin: 用… Chinese Mandarin: 由… Ngazidja Comorian: ha Czech: pomocí Czech: prostřednictvím Danish: ved Danish: ved at Dutch: door Dutch: op Dutch: per Esperanto: per Esperanto: de French: par French: en French: au moyen de German: mit German: mittels German: durch German: indem German: bei Greek: διά Greek: από Greek: μα Hebrew: על ידי Hungarian: -val Hungarian: -vel Hungarian: által Hungarian: útján Hungarian: révén Hungarian: szerint Hungarian: alapján Hungarian: mig- Hungarian: meg- Ido: per Indonesian: kena Italian: con Italian: per mezzo di Italian: mediante Italian: tramite Italian: per Japanese: …で Japanese: …により Japanese: …によって Japanese: 著… Japanese: …著 Kapampangan: gamit ing Kapampangan: gamit naning... Kapampangan: gamit ning... Kapampangan: ibat king... Kapampangan: ...ken Kapampangan: bilang Kapampangan: papunta king... Korean: ...로써 Korean: ...로 Northern Kurdish: bi Latin: per Latin: ab Latvian: pa Malay: dengan Maltese: bi Māori: nā Māori: ki Norwegian: med Norwegian: ved Old English: þurh Portuguese: por Portuguese: a Romanian: cu Slovene: s Slovene: z Spanish: por Swedish: genom att Swedish: vid Thai: โดย Turkish: vasıtasıyla Ukrainian: за допомогою Vietnamese: bằng cách Vietnamese: theo cách Vietnamese: trước Welsh: â Finnish: kautta Bavarian German: ba
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