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NGSL Rank: 27
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bʌɪ Listen
Meanings
preposition
  • identifying the agent performing an action.
  • indicating the means of achieving something.
    E.g. malaria can be controlled by attacking the parasite
  • indicating the amount or size of a margin.
    E.g. the shot missed her by miles
  • indicating a deadline or the end of a particular time period.
    E.g. I've got to do this report by Monday
  • indicating location of a physical object beside a place or object.
    E.g. remains were discovered by the roadside
  • indicating the period in which something happens.
    E.g. this animal always hunts by night
  • concerning; according to.
    E.g. anything you do is all right by me
  • used in mild oaths.
    E.g. it was the least he could do, by God
adverb
  • so as to go past.
    E.g. a car flashed by on the other side of the road
noun
  • variant spelling of bye1.
by-
bʌɪ Listen
Meanings
prefix
  • subordinate; incidental; secondary.
    E.g. by-election
bye
bʌɪ Listen
Meanings
noun
  • the transfer of a competitor directly to the next round of a competition in the absence of an assigned opponent.
    E.g. he has a bye into the second round
  • a run scored from a ball that passes the batsman without being hit (recorded as an extra, not credited to the individual batsman).
  • one or more holes remaining unplayed after a match has been decided.

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