hereby

American  

[heer-bahy, heer-bahy] / hɪərˈbaɪ, ˈhɪərˌbaɪ /

adverb

1. by this, or the present, declaration, action, document, etc.; by means of this; as a result of this.

   I hereby resign as president of the class.

2. Obsolete. nearby.

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hereby British  

/ ˌhɪəˈbaɪ /

adverb

1. (used in official statements, proclamations, etc) by means of or as a result of this

2. archaic nearby

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Etymology

Origin of hereby

1200–50; Middle English. See here, by

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Explanation

Use the adverb hereby to mean "as a result of what I'm saying right now." For example, your bus driver might announce, "All cellphones on the bus must hereby be turned off and put away." The word hereby is especially useful for people who are issuing proclamations or reading from formal documents. A king might once have declared, "These lands are all hereby claimed in the name of me, the king!" And when you're on a long family car trip your dad might shout, "I hereby announce that I am in charge of the radio!" Hereby has been used in English since the thirteenth century.

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

hereby

In a brief court filing late Thursday, lawyers for the administration wrote that "Defendants hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit."

From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025

“GameStop, acting under its authority as a Neutral Entity and The World’s Retail Gaming & Trade-in Destination, hereby declares the official cessation of the console wars,” GameStop said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025

I hereby declare the matching seat belts fire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025

The filings states that the plaintiff "hereby gives notice that the... action is voluntarily dismissed, with prejudice".

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025

“All right, I hereby offer my apologies, but only because if I don’t, we’ll be here till midnight.”

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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