by

-val, -től, keresztül, -nél, -tól, -számra, által

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1. preposition

1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) közelében

2) (past: going by the house.) mellett

3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) keresztül

4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) -val, -vel

5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) által

6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) vminél fogva

7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) (legkésőbb) -ra, -re

8) (during the time of.) alatt

9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) -val, -vel

10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) -szor, -szer, -ször

11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) kilóra

12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) tekintve

2. adverb

1) (near: They stood by and watched.) közel

2) (past: A dog ran by.) mellett

3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) félre

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- bygones: let bygones be bygones

- bypass 3. verb

(to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) elkerül

- by-product

- bystander
- by and by
- by and large
- by oneself
- by the way