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"By" Definition

noun

Variant of bye1.
Something of secondary importance a side issue.

preposition

According to: played by the rules.
At or to: stopped by the bakery; came by the house.
Close to; next to: the window by the door.
In the amount of: letters by the thousands.
In the name of: swore by the Bible to tell the truth.

adverb

Aside; away: We put it by for later.
Into the past: as years go by.
On hand; nearby: Stand by.
Up to, alongside, and past: The car raced by.
Close at hand .

idiom

By oneself Without company; alone: went by herself.
By oneself Without help: wrote the book by myself.

adjective

Being off the main route .

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