"whereby" meaning in English

See whereby in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /wɛə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ/ Audio: En-us-whereby.ogg
enPR: wâr-bī' Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: From where + by. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|where|by}} where + by Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} whereby (not comparable)
  1. (interrogative, obsolete) By what, in which direction; how. Tags: interrogative, not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-whereby-en-adv-IRhZSL0b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 0 61
  2. By which. Tags: not-comparable Translations (by which): الذي به (Arabic), بذلك (Arabic), по какъв начин (po kakǎv način) (Bulgarian), pel qual (Catalan), per la qual (Catalan), čím (Czech), čímž (Czech), jímž (Czech), hvorved (Danish), waarbij (Dutch), jolla (Finnish), millä (Finnish), par quoi (French), par lequel (French), wodurch (German), 𐌱𐌹𐍈𐌴 (biƕē) (Gothic), miáltal (Hungarian), mi/ami által/révén/útján (Hungarian), miből (english: living by … means) (Hungarian), amiből (Hungarian), amelyből (Hungarian), per cui (Italian), hvorved (Norwegian), pelo qual (Portuguese), при помощи (pri) (Russian), mediante el cual (Spanish), por la cual (Spanish), varmed (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-whereby-en-adv-ZySWYb8L Disambiguation of 'by which': 0 100 0
  3. (nonstandard) Where, wherein, in which. Tags: nonstandard, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-whereby-en-adv-anXW7b71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 0 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 0 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 0 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 0 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 32 0 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 31 0 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 31 0 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 33 0 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 20 0 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 0 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 0 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 0 73 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 0 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 30 0 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 33 0 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 0 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 31 0 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 0 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 0 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 0 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 31 0 69 Related terms (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts Related terms (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter Related terms (again): thereagain Related terms (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst Related terms (before): herebefore, therebefore Related terms (beside): therebeside Related terms (between): therebetween, wherebetween Related terms (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore Related terms (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom Related terms (hence): herehence, therehence Related terms (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter Related terms (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore Related terms (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore Related terms (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto Related terms (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal Disambiguation of 'abouts': 23 0 77 Disambiguation of 'after': 25 0 75 Disambiguation of 'again': 29 0 71 Disambiguation of 'against': 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'before': 23 0 77 Disambiguation of 'beside': 27 0 73 Disambiguation of 'between': 23 0 77 Disambiguation of 'fore': 35 0 65 Disambiguation of 'from': 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'hence': 8 0 92 Disambiguation of 'in after': 34 0 66 Disambiguation of 'in before': 40 0 60 Disambiguation of 'tofore': 24 0 76 Disambiguation of 'unto': 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'withal': 23 0 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout Related terms (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong Related terms (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst Related terms (around): therearound, wherearound Related terms (as): thereas, whereas Related terms (at): hereat, thereat, whereat Related terms (by): hereby, thereby Related terms (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor Related terms (in): herein, therein, wherein Related terms (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto Related terms (of): hereof, thereof, whereof Related terms (on): hereon, thereon, whereon Related terms (out): hereout, thereout, whereout Related terms (to): hereto, thereto, whereto Related terms (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder Related terms (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon Related terms (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith Disambiguation of 'about': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'among': 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'amongst': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'around': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'as': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'at': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'by': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'for': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'in': 50 0 50 Disambiguation of 'into': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'of': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'on': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'out': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'to': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'under': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'upon': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'with': 0 0 0
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "by which",
      "word": "الذي به"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "by which",
      "word": "بذلك"
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      "roman": "po kakǎv način",
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      "sense": "by which",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "by which",
      "word": "waarbij"
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      "sense": "by which",
      "word": "jolla"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "by which",
      "word": "millä"
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      "sense": "by which",
      "word": "par quoi"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "by which",
      "word": "par lequel"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "by which",
      "word": "wodurch"
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      "code": "got",
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      "sense": "by which",
      "word": "𐌱𐌹𐍈𐌴"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "by which",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "by which",
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      "note": "mi/ami/minek/aminek/amelynek alapján/értelmében",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "amelyből"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "by which",
      "word": "per cui"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "by which",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "pelo qual"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "by which",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "by which",
      "word": "varmed"
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}

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