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Question 1 of 10
seclusion
Idioms for by
Origin of by
1before 900; Middle English; Old English bī; cognate with Dutch bij,Old High German bī (German bei), Gothic bi.See be-
synonym study for by
11. By, through, with indicate agency or means of getting something done or accomplished. By is regularly used to denote the agent (person or force) in passive constructions: It is done by many; destroyed by fire. It also indicates means: Send it by airmail. With denotes the instrument (usually consciously) employed by an agent: He cut it with the scissors. Through designates particularly immediate agency or instrumentality or reason or motive: through outside aid; to yield through fear; wounded through carelessness.
Definition for by (2 of 3)
by2
or bye
[ bahy ]
/ baɪ /
interjection
goodbye: By now, come again sometime!
Origin of by
2By shortening
Definition for by (3 of 3)
Also bye-.
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British Dictionary definitions for by (1 of 3)
Word Origin for by
Old English bī; related to Gothic bi, Old High German bī, Sanskrit abhi to, towards
British Dictionary definitions for by (2 of 3)
by2
the internet domain name for
Belarus
British Dictionary definitions for by (3 of 3)
by-
bye-
prefix
nearbystander
secondary or incidentalby-effect; by-election; by-path; by-product
Word Origin for by-
from by
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