See whereby in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "mi/ami/minek/aminek/amelynek alapján/értelmében",
"sense": "by which"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "living by … means",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "by which",
"word": "miből"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "by which",
"word": "amiből"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "by which",
"word": "amelyből"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "by which",
"word": "per cui"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "by which",
"word": "hvorved"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "by which",
"word": "pelo qual"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pri",
"sense": "by which",
"word": "при помощи"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "by which",
"word": "mediante el cual"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "by which",
"word": "por la cual"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "by which",
"word": "varmed"
}
],
"word": "whereby"
}
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