By Meaning and Definition

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