by

Meaning

Prep

1. Near or next to.
2. From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
3. Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
4. Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.
5. Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.
6. Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.
7. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
8. Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
9. Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
10. Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
11. Indicates a means of classification or organisation.
12. Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy
13. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
14. Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically)
15. per; with or in proportion to each.
16. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
17. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
18. Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.

Adv

1. Along a path which runs past the speaker.
2. In the vicinity, near.
3. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
4. aside, away

Adj

1. Out of the way, off to one side.
2. Subsidiary, incidental.

Noun

Alternative form of bye.

Intj

Dated form of bye (“goodbye”).

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English by, bi, from Old English bī (“by; near; around”), from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi (“near; by; around; about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi.
Cognate with West Frisian by (“by; near”), Afrikaans by (“at; by; near”), Saterland Frisian bie (“near; by”), Dutch bij (“near; by”), German Low German bi (“by; near; at”), German bei (“by; near; at”).

Sentences

Fly by night and you waste little time .

She comes by it naturally .

It also has a airport which is used by a flying academy .

The group was particularly influenced by the French color art .

Apparently , most of the sentences have been written by nerds and scientists .

And also by unhappiness , envy , and jealousy .

Daly's production was quickly followed by one in London .

One afternoon , they passed by the encampment of one of the tribes .