by

Plural: bys

Adverb

• so as to pass a given point
• in reserve; not for immediate use
  • "put something by for her old age"

Prep

• Near or next to.
• From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
• Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
• Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.
• Following a passive verb.
• Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.
• Following a noun.
• Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.
• Following an adjective.
• Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
• Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
• Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
• Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
• Invokes an authority in an oath.
• Indicates a means of classification or organisation.
• Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy
• In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
• Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically)
• Per; with or in proportion to each.
• Indicates a referenced source: According to.
• Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
• multiplied by or (chiefly South Asia) divided by
• Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
• At, with, among
• in a windward direction, sailing near to the direction from which the wind is blowing

Adv

• Along a path which runs past someone or something.
• In the vicinity, near.
• To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
• Aside, away.

Adj

• Out of the way, off to one side.
• Subsidiary, incidental.

Noun

• A pass in certain card games, granting special advantage.
• Alternative form of bye.

Intj

• Dated form of bye (“goodbye”).

Examples

• a by path; a by room
• Be back by ten o'clock!.
• By 'maybe' she means 'no'.
• By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
• by catch; a by issue
• By Jove! I think she's got it!
• By my reckoning, we should be nearly there.
• By Pythagoras' theorem, we can calculate the length of the hypotenuse.
• By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
• Getting a BY in a card game feels like a free move, unlike Words With Friends.
• He cheated by his own admission.
• He ran straight by me.
• He sits listening to the radio by the hour.
• He was protected by his body armour.
• His date of birth was wrong by ten years.
• His health was deteriorating by the day.
• I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
• I discovered it by chance.
• I sorted the items by category.
• I watched the parade as it passed by.
• I'd know you anywhere by your gravelly voice.
• I'll stop by on my way home from work.
• It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix.
• Our stock is up by ten percent.
• She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
• Table 1 shows details of our employees broken down by sex and age.
• The boat was swamped by the water.
• The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
• The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
• The mailbox is by the bus stop.
• The matter was decided by the chairman.
• The pickers are paid by the fortnight by the American bushel.
• The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot.
• The stream runs by our back door.
• The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
• There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
• There was a shepherd close by.
• We crawled forward by inches.
• We went by bus.
• We went through the book page by page.
• We will send it by the first week of July.
• We won by six goals to three.
• We'll find someone by the end of March.
• We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
• While sitting listening to the radio by the hour, she can drink brandy by the bucketful!

Synonyms

aside, away, past

Antonyms

main, principal

Anagrams of by