[Sửa]Near, beside, in the region of(stand by the door; sit by me; path by the river).
[Sửa]Throughthe agency, means, instrumentality, or causation of (by proxy;bought by a millionaire; a poem by Donne; went by bus; succeededby persisting; divide four by two).
[Sửa]Not later than; as soonas (by next week; by now; by the time he arrives).
[Sửa]A past,beyond (drove by the church; came by us). b passing through;via (went by Paris).
[Sửa]In the circumstances of (by day; bydaylight).
[Sửa]To the extent of (missed by a foot; better byfar).
[Sửa]According to; using as a standard or unit (judge byappearances; paid by the hour).
[Sửa]With the succession of (worseby the minute; day by day; one by one).
[Sửa]Concerning; inrespect of (did our duty by them; Smith by name; all right byme).
[Sửa]Used in mild oaths (orig. = as surely as one believesin) (by God; by gum; swear by all that is sacred).
[Sửa]Placedbetween specified lengths in two directions (three feet by two).12 avoiding, ignoring (pass by him; passed us by).
[Sửa]By and by before long; eventually.by and large on the whole, everything considered. by the by (orbye) incidentally, parenthetically. by oneself 1 a unaided. bwithout prompting.
[Sửa]Alone; without company. [OE bi, bi, be f.Gmc]