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WORDNET DICTIONARY
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial has 2 senses
- by(r = adv.all) past - so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"
- by(r = adv.all) aside, away - in reserve; not for immediate use; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"; "put something by for her old age"; "started setting aside money to buy a car"
CIDE DICTIONARY
, prep. Array
- In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with;
as, come and sit . [1913 Webster]by me - On; along; in traversing. Compare 5. [1913 Webster]
- Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past;
as, to go . [1913 Webster]by a church - Used in specifying adjacent dimensions;
as, a cabin twenty feet . [1913 Webster]by forty - Against. Tyndale [1. Cor. iv. 4]. [1913 Webster]
- With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of;
as, a city is destroyed ; profit is madeby fireby commerce; to takeby force. [1913 Webster]
, adv.
- Near; in the neighborhood; present;
as, there was no person . [1913 Webster]by at the time - Passing near; going past; past; beyond;
as, the procession has gone . [1913 Webster]by ; a bird flewby - Aside;
as, to lay . [1913 Webster]by ; to putby
, 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
, prep., adv., & n.
--prep.
1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path by the river).
2 through the agency, means, instrumentality, or causation of (by proxy; bought by a millionaire; a poem by Donne; went by bus; succeeded by persisting; divide four by two).
3 not later than; as soon as (by next week; by now; by the time he arrives).
4 a past, beyond (drove by the church; came by us). b passing through; via (went by Paris).
5 in the circumstances of (by day; by daylight).
6 to the extent of (missed by a foot; better by far).
7 according to; using as a standard or unit (judge by appearances; paid by the hour).
8 with the succession of (worse by the minute; day by day; one by one).
9 concerning; in respect of (did our duty by them; Smith by name; all right by me).
10 used in mild oaths (orig. = as surely as one believes in) (by God; by gum; swear by all that is sacred).
11 placed between specified lengths in two directions (three feet by two).
12 avoiding, ignoring (pass by him; passed us by).
13 inclining to (north by north-west).
--adv.
1 near (sat by, watching; lives close by).
2 aside; in reserve (put {pound}5 by).
3 past (they marched by).
--n. = BYE.
--prep.
1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path by the river).
2 through the agency, means, instrumentality, or causation of (by proxy; bought by a millionaire; a poem by Donne; went by bus; succeeded by persisting; divide four by two).
3 not later than; as soon as (by next week; by now; by the time he arrives).
4 a past, beyond (drove by the church; came by us). b passing through; via (went by Paris).
5 in the circumstances of (by day; by daylight).
6 to the extent of (missed by a foot; better by far).
7 according to; using as a standard or unit (judge by appearances; paid by the hour).
8 with the succession of (worse by the minute; day by day; one by one).
9 concerning; in respect of (did our duty by them; Smith by name; all right by me).
10 used in mild oaths (orig. = as surely as one believes in) (by God; by gum; swear by all that is sacred).
11 placed between specified lengths in two directions (three feet by two).
12 avoiding, ignoring (pass by him; passed us by).
13 inclining to (north by north-west).
--adv.
1 near (sat by, watching; lives close by).
2 aside; in reserve (put {pound}5 by).
3 past (they marched by).
--n. = BYE.
Idiom
by and by before long; eventually. by and large on the whole, everything considered. by the by (or bye) incidentally, parenthetically. by oneself
1 a unaided. b without prompting.
2 alone; without company.
1 a unaided. b without prompting.
2 alone; without company.
Etymology
OE bi, bi, be f. Gmc