Usually means: Preposition indicating method, proximity, or time.
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General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. by: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. by, by-: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. b.y, by, by, by-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. by, by-: Collins English Dictionary
  5. by: Vocabulary.com
  6. BY, By, By, b'y, by, by, by, bY: Wordnik
  7. by: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. -by, b'y, by, by-: Wiktionary
  9. by, by-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. by, by-: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. by: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. BY, .by, b.y, by-: Dictionary.com
  13. by: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. by: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. .BY, By, .by: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. By: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. by: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. by: Rhymezone
  19. by: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. by: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. by, by-: MyWord.info
  22. BY, .by: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. By: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. by: Free Dictionary
  25. by: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. by: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  27. b.y, by, by-: Dictionary/thesaurus
  28. by: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. BY: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  3. by: Legal dictionary
  4. BY: Financial dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. by: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. by: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  3. BY: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. by: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. By: Easton Bible

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. by: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. by, by: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. By, b'y, by: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)

(Note: See byes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adverb:  Along a path which runs past the speaker.
adverb:  In the vicinity, near.
adverb:  To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
adverb:  (uncommon) aside, away
adjective:  Out of the way, off to one side.
adjective:  Subsidiary, incidental.
noun:  (rail transport) The station code of Byculla railway station in India.
noun:  Alternative form of bye. [The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.]

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