Word: By
How to pronounce: baɪ
Preposition
Definitions:
1. Identifying the agent performing an action.
2. Indicating the means of achieving something.
Example sentences: "Malaria can be controlled by attacking the parasite"
3. Indicating the amount or size of a margin.
Example sentences: "The shot missed her by miles"
4. Indicating a deadline or the end of a particular time period.
Example sentences: "I've got to do this report by Monday"
5. Indicating location of a physical object beside a place or object.
Example sentences: "Remains were discovered by the roadside"
6. Indicating the period in which something happens.
7. Concerning; according to.
Example sentences: "Anything you do is all right by me"
8. Used in mild oaths.
Adverb
Definitions:
1. So as to go past.
Example sentences: "A car flashed by on the other side of the road"
Synonyms:
through
via
over
from
amidst
due to
thanks to
up to
past
aside
away
pending
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By in Other Languages...
Spanish: Por
German: Von
French: Par
Italian: Da
Turkish: Tarafından
