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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Etymology 1.4 Preposition 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Adverb 1.5.1 Translations 1.5.2 Derived terms 1.6 Adjective 1.6.1 Antonyms 1.6.2 Derived terms 1.7 Noun 1.8 Interjection 1.9 Abbreviation 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 3 Lojban 3.1 Cmavo 4 Norwegian 4.1 Noun 4.2 Verb 5 Polish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Particle 5.2.1 Synonyms 5.3 Conjunction 5.3.1 Synonyms 6 Swedish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Related terms

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
not	be	at	#21: by	on	her	which

[ Alternative spellings

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

[ Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /baɪ/, SAMPA: /baI/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: bi, bye, buy

[ Etymology

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[ 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.

4. (Indicates the creator of a work) Existing through the authorship etc of.

   There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare

5. (Indicates a means) Involving/using the means of.

   I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.

6. (Indicates a rule followed) Using the rules or logic of.

   I sorted the items by category.

7. (Indicates the amount of some progression) With a change of.

   Our stock is up by ten percent.

8. (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.

9. (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.

[ Derived terms

terms derived from by (preposition)

bit by bit by degrees by dint of by one's lonesome by oneself

by means of by rights by the book by the by

by the bye by the way by your leave by way of

do good by do right by hard by side by side

[ Translations

Near, or next to

Czech: u Danish: ved Dutch: bij Esperanto: apud French: à côté de German: bei Hungarian: -nál/-nél (allative case) Icelandic: við Ido: apud Italian: vicino,accanto Japanese: -のそばに(-no sobani), -のそばで (-no sobade)

Korean: 옆에 (yeope), 곁에 (gyeote) Kurdish: li, li rex, li nêzî, li kêleka, li tenişta Latin: apud (+ accusative), aput (+ accusative) Norwegian: ved Novial: proxim Romanian: lângă Russian: около (ókolo), рядом с (r'ádom s), у (u) Slovene: pri Spanish: por, cerca de Swedish: vid, intill (close to)

some time before the given time

Czech: do Danish: ved (ved 10-tiden), omkring (omkring kl. 10) Dutch: tegen Hungarian: -ra/-re (superlative case), -ig (terminative case) Icelandic: fyrir Italian: entro Japanese: -までに(-madeni) Korean: ~까지(~kkaji) Maltese: bi

Norwegian: innen Novial: ante Portuguese: próximo de Romanian: înainte de Russian: к (k) Slovene: do Spanish: por Swedish: vid

indication of passive voice

Danish: af Dutch: door Esperanto: por Hebrew: על ידי ('al yadei), באמצעות (be'emtza'ut) Hungarian: által Italian: da

Kurdish: ji alî, ji aliyê Norwegian: av Novial: da Spanish: por Swedish: av

indicates creator of a work

Czech: od Danish: af Dutch: door, vanwege French: de German: von Hebrew: מאת (mi'et) Hungarian: -tól/-től (ablative case) Icelandic: eftir Ido: da

Italian: da Kurdish: bi destê, ji alî Maltese: bi Norwegian: av Novial: da Romanian: de Slovene: od (rarely used) Spanish: por Swedish: av

indicates a means

Danish: ved Dutch: op, per French: au moyen de German: mit, mittels, durch Ido: per Kurdish: bi Maltese: bi

Norwegian: ved å Novial: per Romanian: cu Slovene: s, z Spanish: por Swedish: genom att

Indicates a rule followed

Czech: podle Danish: efter Hebrew: לפי (lefy) Hungarian: szerint (according to) Italian: per Kurdish: li gor, li dû

Norwegian: etter Novial: segun Russian: по (po) Spanish: por Swedish: efter

Indicating amount of progression

Czech: o Danish: med Dutch: met Hebrew: -ב (be-) (prefix) Hungarian: -val/-vel

Italian: del Kurdish: bi Norwegian: med Novial: po Swedish: med

steady progression

Czech: za, po Danish: efter Dutch: per Kurdish: bi Norwegian: etter

Novial: per Russian: за (za) Spanish: por Swedish: efter

[ Adverb

by

1. Along a path which runs by the speaker.

   I watched as it passed by.

[ Translations

along a path

Danish: forbi Dutch: langs German: längs

Kurdish: tê re, di ber re Spanish: por

[ Derived terms

terms derived from by (adverb)

by the by drop by full and by

nearby pass by passerby

put by right by stand by

stop by bypass

[ Adjective

by (not comparable)

1. Out of the way, subsidiary.

[ Antonyms

• main, principal

[ Derived terms

• bypass
• byroad
• bystander
• byway

[ Noun

Singular by

Plural bys

by (plural bys)

1. (card games) A pass

[ Interjection

by

1. Alternative spelling of bye.

[ Abbreviation

BY

1. Belarus, a member state of the United Nations.
2. Bavaria, a federal state of Germany.

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[ Danish

[ Etymology

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[ Noun

by c

1. town, city

[ Related terms

• bydel c
• bymidte c
• bymæssig adjective
• byområde n
• byorkester n
• byplanlægning c
• byret c
• byråd n
• byvåben n
• byzone c
• landsby c

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[ Lojban

[ Cmavo

by

1. letteral for b

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[ Norwegian

[ Noun

by

1. town, city

[ Verb

by

1. bid; offer
2. command; order
3. ask; invite

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[ Polish

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: [bɨ]

[ 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.

	singular	plural
1st person	bym	byśmy
2nd person	byś	byście
3rd person	by	by

[ Synonyms

• -by (suffix)

[ Conjunction

by

1. (rare) in order to

[ Synonyms

• żeby

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[ Swedish

[ Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[ Noun

Inflection for by	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	by	byn	byar	byarna
Genitive	bys	byns	byars	byarnas

by c.

1. village
2. breeze, gust

[ Related terms

village

• byalag
• hemby

breeze

• stormby