by means "so as to pass a given point". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in by?

by has 1 syllable: by. In IPA it is /ˈbaɪ/.

What is another word for by?

Close synonyms include past, aside, away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

by is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

16 words rhyme with by. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

By — meaning and how to say it: bahy

adverb

2 sensesA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
so as to pass a given point
“every hour a train goes past”
Synonymspast
2.
in reserve; not for immediate use
“started setting aside money to buy a car”
“put something by for her old age”
“has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day”
Synonymsaside away

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What does by mean?: by means "so as to pass a given point". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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