by
Definition of by:
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part of speech: adverb
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part of speech: preposition, adverb
Near.
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part of speech: preposition
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part of speech: adverb
Sometimes bye, as a prefix, means concealed; quiet; out of the direct way; private, & c.
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part of speech: preposition
At the side of: near to: through, denoting the agent, cause, means, etc.
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Common misspellings:
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- aby (1.2%)
- bby (2.9%)
- ty (0.6%)
- bi (0.3%)
- bv (0.3%)
- delievered (0.1%)
- ba (0.3%)
- eby (0.2%)
- pe (0.1%)
- y (4.6%)
- b (3.0%)
- bys (1.7%)
- bythe (0.1%)
- hy (0.2%)
- bou (0.1%)
- py (0.1%)
- thru (0.2%)
- br (0.9%)
- biy (0.1%)
- bya (2.0%)
- bakc (0.1%)
- bu (23.2%)
- thi (0.1%)
- upto (0.1%)
- ny (10.3%)
- 11th (0.1%)
- ob (0.1%)
- byt (17.2%)
- bey (1.6%)
- ber (0.2%)
- bij (0.4%)
- por (0.1%)
- dy (0.1%)
- tby (0.2%)
- bie (0.1%)
- bnya (0.1%)
- avia (0.1%)
- outby (0.1%)
- gy (0.1%)
- bg (0.1%)
- bt (10.7%)
- fy (0.1%)
- bo (0.4%)
- bly (0.4%)
- byr (0.1%)
- bw (0.1%)
- byu (4.4%)
- byy (1.4%)
- allby (0.2%)
- bhy (0.2%)
- bny (1.1%)
- bty (0.6%)
- byh (0.7%)
- dby (2.8%)
- fby (0.4%)
- lby (0.6%)
- nby (0.3%)
- vby (0.2%)
- vea (0.1%)
- vy (0.5%)
- yb (0.5%)
- yt (0.1%)
Usage examples for by:
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" So do I; but if they come, we'll see what they will make by it.
"Marcy The Blockade Runner" – Harry Castlemon -
I know Crayford by heart.
"The Way of Ambition" – Robert Hichens -
By day it was no better.
"A Visit To The United States In 1841" – Joseph Sturge -
What do you mean by what then?
"Bijou" – Gyp
