All English words - page 696

Meanings of By-law:

noun

A law made by local government that only relates to its particular region

Usage examples:

Taxi drivers in the city are controlled by very stringent bylaws and licensing conditions., under t…

Meanings of By-means:

idiom

Not in any way

Usage examples:

It is by no means clear what the president can do to end the strike.

Meanings of By-means-of:

plural noun

A method or way of doing something

Usage examples:

They had no means of letting him know that the flight was canceled., students are selected for scho…

noun

A method or way of doing something

Usage examples:

We must use every means at our disposal., means of sth we need to find some other means of transpor…

Meanings of By-mouth:

idiom

In speech but not in writing

Usage examples:

All the orders were given by word of mouth so that no written evidence could be discovered later.

Meanings of By-much:

idiom

Without asking for permission

Usage examples:

That's twice now he's just walked in here without so much as a by-your-leave and picked a book off …

Meanings of By-no-means:

idiom

Definitely not

phrase

Not at all; certainly not.

Usage examples:

The outcome is by no means guaranteed

Meanings of By-oneself:

idiom

To improve your situation without any help from other people

Usage examples:

He left school at 15 and pulled himself up by his bootstraps to ultimately head up a company.

Meanings of By-product:

noun

Something that is produced as a result of making something else

Usage examples:

A by-product of sth selenium is a by-product of copper refining., oil/animal/chemical by-products, …

Meanings of By-proxy:

noun

Authority given to someone to act for you, as by voting as your representative in an election, or the person to whom this authority is given

Meanings of By-surprise:

phrase

To surprise someone

Usage examples:

The sudden noise took her by surprise., when the attack happened, his troops were taken by surprise…

Meanings of By-the-book:

idiom

Exactly according to rules or the law

Usage examples:

The lawyers want to make sure we've done everything strictly by the book.

Meanings of By-the-by:

adverb

At the side of or (in distance or ...

Meanings of By-the-name-of:

phrase

Called

Usage examples:

I need to talk to a professor by the name of bin said., a guy by the name of jamie smith was the pr…

Meanings of By-the-way:

idiom

Used for introducing a statement or subject that may not be directly related to the subject being discussed

Usage examples:

By the way, i heard that phyllis may be moving to dallas.

Meanings of By-virtue-of:

idiom

As a result of something

Usage examples:

They were excluded from voting by virtue of being too young.

Meanings of By-way-of:

idiom

As a type of

Usage examples:

He sent me some flowers by way of an apology.

Meanings of Bye:

noun

The transfer of a competitor directly to the next round of a competition in the absence of an assigned opponent.

Usage examples:

He has a bye into the second round

exclamation

Short for goodbye.

Usage examples:

Okay, james. i'll call her now. bye

prefix

Subordinate; incidental; secondary.

Usage examples:

By-election

Meanings of Bye-bye:

exclamation

Goodbye

Meanings of Bye-byes:

noun

An expression used by or to young children, meaning "go to sleep"

Usage examples:

It's getting late - it's time for you to go to bye-byes.

Meanings of Byelaw:

noun

A regulation made by a local authority or corporation.

Meanings of Byelaws:

noun

A regulation made by a local authority or corporation.

Meanings of Byelorussian:

noun

Former term for belarusian (adjective).

Meanings of Byelorussians:

noun

Former term for belarusian (noun).

Meanings of Byes:

noun

Variant spelling of bye1.

preposition

Identifying the agent performing an action.

Usage examples:

The door was opened by my cousin annie

adverb

So as to go past.

Usage examples:

A car flashed by on the other side of the road

exclamation

Short form ofgoodbye

Meanings of Bygone:

adjective

Belonging to an earlier time.

Usage examples:

Relics of a bygone age

noun

A thing dating from an earlier time.

Usage examples:

The museum consists of a fascinating collection of rural bygones