BY
\bˈa͡ɪ], \bˈaɪ], \b_ˈaɪ]\
Definitions of BY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day"
By Princeton University
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in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.
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Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.
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Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
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With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.
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Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.
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Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
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Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.
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Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.
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Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
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With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.
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Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.
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Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
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Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Next or near to; with; along; over; through; in, on, or at; past and beyond; after.
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Near, present, aside; by and by, after some time.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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At the side of: near to: through, denoting the agent, cause, means, etc.
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Near: passing near: in presence of: aside, away.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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At hand; near.
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Beyond; past.
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Aside; apart off; up.
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Beside; past; over (a course).
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Through the agency or help of; with.
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In accordance with; according to.
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To the extent of; multiplied into.
By James Champlin Fernald
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prep. [Anglo-Saxon] In the neighbourhood of; near or next to; from one to the other side of; past;—through or with, denoting the instrument, cause, way, and the like;—according to, as in quantity, measure, or proportion.
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adv. Near; in the neighbourhood; beside;—passing near; going or gone past.
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It notes the agent; it notes the instrument; it notes the cause; it notes the means by which any thing is performed; at, or in, noting place; it notes the sum of the difference between two things compared; not later than, noting time; beside, noting passage; near to, in presence, noting proximity; before Himself, it notes the absence of all others; it is the solemn from of swearing; at hand; it is used in forms of obtesting; by proxy of; noting substitution.
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Near at a small distance; beside, passing; in presence.
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Something not the direct and immediate object of regard, as by the by.
By Thomas Sheridan
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