whereby en · ADV
Pronunciation
- wâr-bī'
- /wɛə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From where + by.
Meanings
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(interrogative, not-comparable, obsolete) By what, in which direction; how.
Whereby goest thou?
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(not-comparable) By which.
Other heads saw devolution as a whole new way of life and adopted an approach whereby the power of devolution was used to enable the school to drive the curriculum.
1990, Local management of schools, Kogan Page Ltd:M. Sawrey […] devised a mechanical method whereby theatrical scenes could be changed in a simple way.
1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 179:Shylock: Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that: You take my house when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life When you do take the means whereby I live.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
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(nonstandard, not-comparable) Where, wherein, in which.
Because COBOL does not have a date type, some implementations rely instead on a system whereby all dates are coded to a reference point. The most commonly used is May 20, 1875, as this was the date of an international standards-setting conference held in Paris, known as the Convention du Mètre.
2025 February 17, David Gilbert, “No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2025:
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Translations (31)
fr par lequel (by which) · hu amiből (by which) · cs jímž (by which) · fi jolla (by which) · es con los cuales (by which) · sv varmed (by which) · da hvorved (by which) · ca per la qual (by which) · ar بذلك (by which) · bg по какъв начин (by which) · ru при помощи (by which) · de wodurch (by which) · ca pel qual (by which) · fi millä (by which) · ar الذي به (by which) · es por la cual (by which) · es mediante el cual (by which) · hu mi/ami által/révén/útján (by which) · nl waarbij (by which) · no hvorved (by which) · es según el cual (by which) · got 𐌱𐌹𐍈𐌴 (by which) · cs čím (by which) · pt pelo qual (by which) · hu miből (by which) · hu amelyből (by which) · it per cui (by which) · fr par quoi (by which) · hu miáltal (by which) · es por medio de las cuales (by which) · cs čímž (by which)