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Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th
by
I. by1 (bī)prep. 1. Close to; next to: the window by the door. 2. With the use or help of; through: We came by the back road. 3. Up to and beyond; past: We drove by the house. 4. In the period of; during: sleeping by day. 5. Not later than: by 5:30 P.M. 6. a. In the amount of: letters by the thousands. b. To the extent of: shorter by two inches. 7. a. According to: played by the rules. b. With respect to: siblings by blood. 8. In the name of: swore by the Bible to tell the truth. 9. Through the agency or action of: was killed by a bullet. 10. Used to indicate a succession of specified individuals, groups, or quantities: One by one they left. They were persuaded little by little. 11. a. Used in multiplication and division: Multiply 4 by 6 to get 24. b. Used with measurements: a room 12 by 18 feet. c. Toward. Used to express direction with points of the compass: south by east.adv. 1. On hand; nearby: Stand by. 2. Aside; away: We put it by for later. 3. Up to, alongside, and past: The car raced by. 4. At or to one's home or current location: Stop by later today. 5. Into the past: as years go by.Idiom:by oneself 1. Without company; alone: went by herself. 2. Without help: wrote the book by myself. [Middle English, from Old English bī, be. See ambhi in Indo-European Roots.] II. by2 (bī)n. Variant of bye1.
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