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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
by/bʌɪ/
▶preposition
- 1 through the agency or means of.
■ indicating how something happens.
- 2 indicating a quantity or amount, or the size of a margin.
■ identifying a parameter.
■ expressing multiplication, especially in dimensions.
- 3 indicating the end of a time period.
- 4 near to; beside.
■ past and beyond.
- 5 during.
- 6 according to.
- 7 used in mild oaths: by God!
– phrases
by and by before long.
by the by (or bye) incidentally.
by and large on the whole. [orig. in naut. use, describing the handling of a ship both to the wind and off it.]
by oneselfway.
by and by before long.
by the by (or bye) incidentally.
by and large on the whole. [orig. in naut. use, describing the handling of a ship both to the wind and off it.]
by oneself
- 1 alone.
- 2 unaided.
– origin OE bī, bi, be, of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
by- /bʌɪ/(also bye-)
▶prefix subordinate; incidental; secondary: by-election.
'by' also found in these Oxford entries:
a
- aback
- abaya
- abbey
- abduct
- abelian
- aberration
- abide
- ablation
- ablative
- aboard
- abortus fever
- above
- abracadabra
- abrade
- abrasive
- abreast
- abscission
- absolute alcohol
- absolute pitch
- absorption costing
- abundance
- abusive
- ABV
- academy
- Academy award
- acarine
- acausal
- accident
- accidental
- accipiter
- accolade
- accommodation
- accommodation address
- accord
- according
- accordion
- account
- accounts payable
- accounts receivable
- accrete
- accusatorial
- acetal
- acetaldehyde
- acetanilide
- achieve
- achillea
- Achilles heel
- achkan
- acid rain
