Английские слова, начинающиеся на by

preposition

Identifying the agent performing an action.

Примеры использования:

The door was opened by my cousin annie

adverb

So as to go past.

Примеры использования:

A car flashed by on the other side of the road

noun

Variant spelling of bye1.

prefix

Subordinate; incidental; secondary.

Примеры использования:

By-election

So as to pass a given point

idiom

If a person or animal wins a race or competition by a nose, he, she, or it wins it by very little

Примеры использования:

It was a very exciting race. my horse won but only by a nose.

idiom

By a very small amount

Примеры использования:

Last time she raced against the brazilian, she won by a whisker.

idiom

Without intending to

Примеры использования:

She hit me with her hand, apparently by accident.

phrase

As said by most people

Примеры использования:

By all accounts, san francisco is a city that's easy to fall in love with., his books, from all acc…

idiom

Definitely or certainly

phrase

Of course; certainly (granting a permission)

Примеры использования:

‘may i make a suggestion?’ ‘by all means.’

idiom

After a short period

Примеры использования:

By and by a man appeared., you'll get used to it by and by.

idiom

Usually; as a rule

phrase

On the whole; everything considered.

Примеры использования:

Mammals have, by and large, bigger brains than reptiles

phrase

Used to ask a question or request in a polite way

Примеры использования:

Are you hungarian, by any chance?, could you lend me a couple of pounds, by any chance?, you wouldn…

idiom

In any way necessary

phrase

In any way; at all.

Примеры использования:

I'm not poor by any means

adjective

(of explanations, reports, etc.) including every detail in the order it happened

Примеры использования:

We had to sit through a blow-by-blow account of how they missed their flight to las vegas.

idiom

By accident

phrase

Used to ask a question or request in a polite way

Примеры использования:

Are you hungarian, by any chance?, could you lend me a couple of pounds, by any chance?, you wouldn…

collocation

If you do something by choice, you make an intentional decision to do it

Примеры использования:

I live alone by choice., i'm only here because i was told to be, not by choice.

phrase

By permission of

Примеры использования:

Jessie j appears courtesy of universal records., we had a private tour of the capitol building, cou…

Using any method possible

Примеры использования:

We’ll get there by hook or by crook.

idiom

Because of the nature of someone or something

Примеры использования:

Circus performers are, by definition, risk takers.

idiom

Gradually

Примеры использования:

The economy seems to be improving by degrees.

phrase

Intentionally

Примеры использования:

I'm sure he ignored you by accident and not by design., the substance was discovered by accident an…

phrase

As a result of something

Примеры использования:

She got what she wanted by dint of pleading and threatening., we assumed that, by dint of our exper…

idiom

If you try to achieve something by fair means or foul, you use any method you can to achieve it, even if it is not honest or fair.

idiom

If you try to achieve something by fair means or foul, you use any method you can to achieve it, even if it is not honest or fair.

idiom

By a considerable margin

phrase

By a great amount.

Примеры использования:

This was by far the largest city in the area

idiom

Intermittently

phrase

With irregular bursts of activity.

Примеры использования:

The economy was recovering in fits and starts

idiom

Because it is a habit

Примеры использования:

By force of habit i always hung the house keys on a hook next to the front door.

idiom

Without the use of a machine

phrase

By a person and not a machine.

Примеры использования:

The crop has to be harvested by hand