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where·by

(wâr-bī′, hwâr-)
conj.
In accordance with which; by or through which.
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whereby

(wɛəˈbaɪ)
pron
by or because of which: the means whereby he took his life.
adv
archaic how? by what means?: whereby does he recognize me?.
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where•by

(ʰwɛərˈbaɪ, wɛər-)

conj.
1. by what or by which; under the terms of which.
adv.
2. Obs. by what? how?
[1150–1200]
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Translations
عن طَريق، بواسِطَة، وفِقا لِ
hvorved
ami által
meî/samkvæmt hverju
čímpomocou čoho
ki bununlaki onun vasıtasıyla

whereby

[wɛəˈbaɪ] ADV (frm) → por lo cual, por donde
the rule whereby it is not allowed to + INFINla regla según or mediante la cual no se permite + infin
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whereby

[hwɛərˈbaɪ] adv (formal)par lequel(laquelle)
the system whereby we choose our family doctor → le système par lequel nous choisissons notre médecin de famille
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whereby

adv (form) the sign whereby you will recognize himdas Zeichen, an dem or woran Sie ihn erkennen ; the rule whereby it is not alloweddie Vorschrift, wonach es verboten ist; a plan whereby the country can be savedein Plan, durch den or wodurch das Land gerettet werden kann
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whereby

[wɛəˈbaɪ] adv (frm) → per cui
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where

(weə) adverb
(to or in) which place (?). Where are you going (to)?; Do you know where we are?; Where does he get his ideas from?; We asked where to find a good restaurant. waarheen أين، إلى أيْن къде onde kam, kde, odkud wo hvor πού dónde kus, kuhu کجا missä, minne איפה कहां gdje hol?, hová?, merre? ke mana, di mana, dari mana hvert, hvar, hvaðan dove どこで 위치를 물어) 어디에 kur kur di manakah waar hvor gdzie, dokąd onde unde куда; где kam, kde, odkiaľ kje, kam gde var, vart ที่ไหน nerede, nereye 何處 де, куди کہاں ở đâu 哪里
relative pronoun
((to or in) the place) to or in which. It's nice going on holiday to a place where you've been before; This is the town where I was born; It's still where it was; I can't see him from where I am. waar, van waar حيْثُ، حيثُما където onde kde wo hvor όπου, εκεί ή εδώ που donde (seal) kus, (sinna) kus که missä אֵיפֹה ש- जहां kamo, gdje ahol; ahova di tempat þar sem 〜するところの (관계 대명사) ...하는 바의 (장소) kur kur di mana waar der gdzie onde unde которыи; где kde kjer gde där, den plats där ที่ซึ่ง ...diği yer(d)e(n) (關係代詞)該處 де کس جگہ nơi mà 在...的地方
ˌwhereaˈbouts adverb
near or in what place(?). Whereabouts is it?; I don't know whereabouts it is. waar في أي مَكان، قُرْب أي مَكان откъде em que sítio / de onde é kde asi wo ungefähr hvor πού; dónde kus (kandis) جاى تقريبى missä päin היכן कहां u blizini, gdje hol? di mana hvar dove, どのあたりに 어느 곳(언저리)에 kur [] kur di mana waar hvor gdzież em que sítio unde; pe unde где kde asi kje približno boravište var någonstans, var ungefär ที่ไหน nerede, nereye, nerelerde, nerelere 靠近或在何處 де?; біля якого місця? کہاں ở gần nơi nào 靠近哪里
ˈwhereabouts noun singular or plural
the place where a person or thing is. I don't know his whereabouts. ligging, waar hy is مَكان وُجود الشَّخْص أو الشَّيء местонахождение paradeiro / onde / em que lugar místo pobytu der Aufenthaltsort opholdssted το μέρος όπου βρίσκεται κπ. paradero asupaik جاییکه olinpaikka lieu oû se trouve (qqn/qqch.) מְקוֹם הִימַצאוֹ पता-ठिकाना negdje, otprilike negdje hollét tempatnya berada dvalarstaður luogo 居場所 (사람, 사물의 대략적인) 소재, 위치, 거처 buvimo vieta aptuvena atrašanās vieta tempat seseorang berada verblijfplaats tilholdssted miejsce pobytu paradeiro locul cuiva/a ceva местонахождение miesto pobytu bivališče boravište uppehållsort, tillhåll, [jag vet inte var han] håller hus ตําแหน่งที่ตั้ง bulunduğu yer 下落 місце перебування کس مقام پر nơi ở 下落
whereˈas conjunction
when in fact; but on the other hand. He thought I was lying, whereas I was telling the truth. maar, in teenstelling بينَما، في حين أنَّ от друга страна enquanto zatímco wohingegen hvorimod ενώ cuando de hecho; pero aga (tegelikult), kuna aga در حاليکه kun taas tandis que בְּעוֹד שֶׁ- क्योंकि a zapravo jóllehet, pedig padahal en .{{TH}}.{{TH}}. hins vegar, en .{{TH}}.{{TH}}. aftur á móti mentre 〜であるのに ...임에 비하여, 실은 o tuo tarpu turpretim sedangkan terwijl mens ... faktisk/derimot podczas gdy enquanto în timp ce; când de fapt тогда как; хотя zatiaľ čo medtem ko dok medan däremot ในทางตรงกันข้าม oysa 但實際上 тоді як حالانکہ 面,却
whereˈby relative pronoun
by which. waarvolgens عن طَريق، بواسِطَة، وفِقا لِ чрез pelo qual čímž, pomocí čeho durch welche/n/s hvorved με τον οποίο por el/la/lo cual mille abil توسط jonka avulla par quoi; par quel moyen... לְפִיו जिससे pri čemu ami által oleh apa með/samkvæmt hverju (da che cosa), (per mezzo di che cosa) それによって〜するところの (그것에 의하여) ...하는 su kurio pagalba ar ko; kā yang dengannya waarmee hvorved za pomocą którego pelo qual prin care посредством чего čím, pomocou čoho s čimer pomoću čega varigenom, varmed โดยทาง ki bununla, ki onun vasıtasıyla (關係代詞)透過該事物 біля чого?; за допомогою чого? کس بات سے nhờ đó 靠什么
ˌwhereuˈpon conjunction
at or after which time, event etc. He insulted her, whereupon she slapped him. en toe عِنْدَئِذٍ، بعد ذلِك، من ثَمَّ след това em consequência načež worauf hvorpå οπότε και, και πάνω εκεί después de lo cual misjärel که در نتيجه ان minkä johdosta après quoi; et sur ce וְאָז किसपर, जिसपर našto, zbog čega (a)mire kemudian, sesudah mana, lalu að svo búnu (al che), (dopo di che) そこで 그래서 po to pēc kā; uz ko lalu, maka waarop, waarna deretter, hvorpå po czym em consequência după care после чего; тогда na čo nakar posle čega varpå, varefter หลังจากที่ ondan sonradır ki, bunun üzerine 因此,於是 після чого; внаслідок чого اس کے بعد và rồi thì 因此,于是
wherˈever relative pronoun
1. no matter where. I'll follow you wherever you may go; Wherever he is he will be thinking of you. waar jy ook al حَيْثُما، أيْنَما навсякъде където seja onde for que / não importa onde / por toda a parte onde kamkoli, kdekoli wo auch immer hvorend; ligegyldigt hvor οπουδήποτε (a)donde quiera que..., esté donde esté... kus iganes, kuhu iganes هرکجا missä tahansa n'importe/partout oû אֵיפֹה ש- जहां कहीं gdje god akárhol, bárhol; bárhova di mana saja hvert sem, hvar sem dovunque どこに〜しようとも 어디에(어디로) ...하든지 kur tik kur vien ke mana saja waar ... ook hvor som helst, hvor ... enn dokądkolwiek, gdziekolwiek seja onde for que oriunde в любом месте; где бы ни было kamkoľvek, kdekoľvek kamorkoli, kjerkoli gde god varhelst, varthelst, var (vart) ... än ไม่ว่าที่ใดก็ตาม (her) nerede/nereye/neresi ...-se 無論何處 де б не; куди б не جہاں بھی bất cứ nơi nào 无论在哪里
2. (to or in) any place that. Go wherever he tells you to go. waar ook al أيْنَما، أي مَكان навсякъде para onde tam kam, tam kde ganz gleich wo hvor som helst όπου adonde, donde ükskõik kus, ükskõik kuhu هرجا minne hyvänsä בְּכָל/לְכָל מָקוֹם कहीं भी kamo god ahova csak ke mana saja hvert sem dovunque 〜するところならどこでも ...하는 곳은 어디라도 kur tik kur vien ke mana saja waar ... ook hvorhen dokądkolwiek, gdziekolwiek para onde (acolo) unde куда бы ни tam, kam / kde kamorkoli, kjerkoli gde god varhelst, varthelst, var (vart) ... än ที่ใดก็ตาม her nereye/nerede 任何地方 де б не; куди б не جس جگہ بھی bất cứ nơi nào 任何地方
adverb
(also where ever) used in questions or exclamations to express surprise etc. Wherever did she get that hat? waar op aarde تُسْتَعْمَل للتَّعْبير عن التَّعَجُّب والمُفاجأه بِمَعْنى: أين؟ откъде onde kde proboha wo (denn) nur hvor i alverden που στην ευχή; dónde kustkohast (ometi) هرکجا missä ihmeestä mais oû donc אֵיפֶה שֶׁלא יִהיֶה कहां gdje li hova? dari mana hvar (í ósköpunum) (dove mai/diamine) 一体どこで 도대체 어디서 kurgi kur gan dari mana waar ... in godsnaam hvor i all verden gdzież onde oare de unde где kde, preboha kje neki gde li var (vart) i all sin dar (världen) ...? ใช้ในการถามแสดงความแปลกใจ nereden, nereye, nerede 究竟在哪裡 де тільки? کہاں سے ở đâu 究竟在哪里
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All men can see the tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.
Our lives, our tears, as water, Are spilled upon the ground; God giveth no man quarter, Yet God a means hath found; Though faith and hope have vanished, And even love grows dim; A means whereby His banished Be not expelled from Him!
If this be true (and they affirm it with great confidence) it is much to be wished, that their observations were made public, whereby the theory of comets, which at present is very lame and defective, might be brought to the same perfection with other arts of astronomy.
The first and the mildest course is, by keeping the island hovering over such a town, and the lands about it, whereby he can deprive them of the benefit of the sun and the rain, and consequently afflict the inhabitants with dearth and diseases: and if the crime deserve it, they are at the same time pelted from above with great stones, against which they have no defence but by creeping into cellars or caves, while the roofs of their houses are beaten to pieces.
The Rajah Muda Saffir, tiring of the excuses and delays which Bududreen interposed to postpone the fulfillment of his agreement with the former, whereby he was to deliver into the hands of the rajah a certain beautiful maiden, decided at last to act upon his own initiative.
For at bottom --so he told me --he was actuated by a profound desire to learn among the Christians, the arts whereby to make his people still happier than they were; and more than that, still better than they were.
That young men travel under some tutor, or grave servant, I allow well; so that he be such a one that hath the language, and hath been in the country before; whereby he may be able to tell them what things are worthy to be seen, in the country where they go; what acquaintances they are to seek; what exercises, or discipline, the place yieldeth.
An act whereby a sovereign attests his sense of the high temperature of the throne.
The seeds of my ardour were the sparks from that divine flame whereby more than a thousand have kindled; I speak of the "Aeneid," mother to me and nurse to me in poetry.'
In the central blinds of bone, as they stand in their natural order, there are certain curious marks, curves, hollows, and ridges, whereby some whalemen calculate the creature's age, as the age of an oak by its circular rings.
"Ah, peradventure my head being distraught by the manifold matters whereunto the confusions of these but late adventured haps and fortunings whereby not I alone nor you alone, but every each of us, meseem- eth --"

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