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Meaning:
Adjective:
- Out of the way, subsidiary.
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Adverb:
- Along a path which runs by the speaker.
- Aside, away.
- In the vicinity, near.
- To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
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Preposition:
- (Indicates the cause of a condition or event) Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
- At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
- (Indicates a means) Involving/using the means of.
- (Indicates an oath) With the authority of.
- (Indicates a rule followed) Using the rules or logic of.
- (Indicates the amount of some progression) With a change of.
- (Indicates the creator of a work) Existing through the authorship etc of.
- (In the formulae ''X by X'' and ''by Xs'', indicates a steady progression, one ''X'' after another.)
- Near or next to.
- (Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice) Through the action or presence of.
- Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
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