Definition of "by" [by]

• Close to; next to: the window by the door. (preposition)
• With the use or help of; through: We came by the back road. (preposition)
• Up to and beyond; past: We drove by the house. (preposition)
• At or to: stopped by the bakery; came by the house. (preposition)
• In the period of; during: sleeping by day. (preposition)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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