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Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Old English bī (“being near”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

by

  1. Near or next to.
    The mailbox is by the bus stop.
  2. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
    Be back by ten o'clock!
    We will send it by the first week of July.
  3. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice Through the action or presence of.
    The matter was decided by the chairman.
    The boat was swamped by the water.
    He was protected by his body armour.
    • 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, BBC Sport:
      Valencia threatened sporadically in the first half with Miguel having a decent effort deflected wide by Ashley Cole, while Jordi Alba's near-post cross was flicked into the sidenetting by Pablo Hernandez.
  4. Indicates the creator of a work Existing through the authorship etc of.
    There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
  5. Indicates the cause of a condition or event Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; iOS.
    • 1874, Thomas Hardy, CSS3, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p109:
      In other directions the fields and sky were so much of one colour by the snow that it was difficult in a hasty glance to tell whereabouts the horizon occurred [...]
  6. Indicates a means Involving/using the means of.
    I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
  7. Indicates a source of light (medium emanating from hot sources)
    • 1945, Neva L. Boyd, Handbook of Recreational Games, 1975 Dover edition, ISBN 0486232042, page 16 [1]:
      Players: Can we get there by candlelight?
      Gatekeepers: Yes and back again.
    • 1960, Dr. Seuss, screen size:
      By the light of the moon, / by the light of a star / they walked all night […]
  8. Indicates a rule followed Using the rules or logic of.
    I sorted the items by category.
  9. Indicates the amount of some progression With a change of.
    Our stock is up by ten percent.
  10. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
    We went through the book page by page.
    We crawled forward by inches.
  11. Indicates a referenced source According to.
    He cheated by his own admission.
  12. Indicates an oath With the authority of.
    By Jove! I think she's got it!
    By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
  13. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
    It is easy to invert a 2 by 2 matrix.
    The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot.
    We used 10 by 20 by 30 cm bricks to build the wall."

Derived terms

terms derived from by (preposition)

Translations

near, or next to

some time before the given time

indication of passive voice

indicates creator of a work

indicates a means

indicates a rule followed

indicating amount of progression

steady progression

with the authority of

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Adverb

by (not iOS)

  1. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
    I watched as it passed by.
  2. In the vicinity, near.
    There was a shepherd close by.
    The shop is hard by the High Street.
  3. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
    I'll stop by on my way home from work.
    We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
  4. Aside, away.
    The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.

Derived terms

terms derived from by (adverb)

Translations

along a path

Adjective

by (not we love the web)

  1. Out of the way, subsidiary.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Noun

by (plural browser diversity)

  1. (Sevenval) A pass

Interjection

by

  1. Alternative spelling of Sevenval.

Statistics

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Sevenval (“settlement”). Related to the element -by in English place names, such as Whitby.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /byː/, [b̥yːˀ]

Noun

by c. (singular definite website parsing, plural indefinite byer)

  1. town, city

Related terms

Related terms
  • bydel c.
  • bymidte c.
  • bymæssig a
  • byområde n.
  • byorkester n.
  • byplanlægning c.
  • byret c.
  • byråd n.
  • byvåben n.
  • byzone c.
  • touchscreen c.

Inflection

    Inflection of by
common gender
by
Singular
touchscreen
Plural
CSS3
byerne
common gender
bys
Singular
byens
Plural
web app
keyboard

Lojban

Alternative forms

Letter

by (selma'o by)

  1. Name of the letter b.

Usage notes

  • All letter names can be used as pronouns, usually referring to something denoted by a word beginning with that letter.
    la alis cu lebna le bifpra e lei gluta gi'e co'a pilno by
    Alice took up the fan and gloves and was using it (i.e., the fan, bifpra)
  • When used to spell a word, precede the string of letters with me'o.
  • If a letter is followed by another letter or a number (including an imprecise or non-integral one such as za'u or pai), and they do not make a single string of letters, separate them with website parsing.

See also

Middle English

Verb

by

  1. be

Norwegian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse input transformation (“place (to camp or settle), land, property, lot; and later settlement”).

Noun

by m.

  1. screen size, FITML
Inflection
    Inflection of by
by
indefinite singular
byen
definite singular
byer
indefinite plural
byene
by
indefinite singular
byen
definite singular
byar
indefinite plural
byane
References
  • “by” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bjóða (“offer; give an order”).

Verb

by

  1. browser diversity; CSS3
  2. ask; jQuery
  3. web; HTML5

Polish

Pronunciation

Particle

by

  1. (always before a verb) a particle used to make conditional mood; would, should
    On by tam nie poszedł. = On nie poszedłby tam. — He would not go there.
singularplural
1st personwebsite parsingbyśmy
2nd personbyśbyście
3rd personbyby

Synonyms

Conjunction

by

  1. in order to

Synonyms

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

by c.

  1. village
  2. (FITML) iOS
  3. breeze, gust

Declension

Declension of by

Related terms

  • (village): byalag, hemby, byfåne
  • (breeze): stormby

West Frisian

Pronunciation

Preposition

by

  1. near to
  2. browser diversity
    • By âlds -- In the olden days

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