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whereby

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English

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Etymology

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Fromwhere +‎by.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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whereby (notcomparable)

  1. (interrogative, obsolete) By what, in which direction; how.
    Whereby goest thou?
  2. By which.
    • c.1596–1598 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene i]:
      Shylock:
      Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that:
      You take my house when you do take the prop
      That doth sustain my house; you take my life
      When you do take the meanswhereby I live.
    • 1971, Gwen White,Antique Toys And Their Background, page179:
      M. Sawrey[] devised a mechanical methodwhereby theatrical scenes could be changed in a simple way.
    • 1990,Local management of schools, Kogan Page Ltd:
      Other heads saw devolution as a whole new way of life and adopted an approachwhereby the power of devolution was used to enable the school to drive the curriculum.
  3. (nonstandard) Where, wherein, in which.
    • 2025 February 17, David Gilbert, “No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits”, inWIRED[1], archived fromthe original on19 February 2025:
      Because COBOL does not have a date type, some implementations rely instead on a systemwhereby all dates are coded to a reference point. The most commonly used is May 20, 1875, as this was the date of an international standards-setting conference held in Paris, known as the Convention du Mètre.

Usage notes

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Use ofwhereby as a formal equivalent ofwhere is nonstandard and is avoided by careful speakers and writers, who usewhere orin which instead.

Translations

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by which

See also

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Here-,there-, andwhere- words
Pronominal adverbs
aboutaboutsaboveacrossafteraftersagainagainstalongamongamongstanent1aroundasatawaybeitbeforebesidebetweenbeyondbyeverforforeforthforwardforwardsfromhenceinaboveinafterinbeforeinbelowinelsewhereinsoeverintoinundermid2ofonoutoversosoeversomedever3somever3throughthroughouttotoforeuntoupuponwardwards-wisewithwithalwithinwithout
hencehenceafterhenceforthhenceforwardhenceforwardshencefrom
herehereabouthereaboutshereabovehereafterhereaftershereagainsthereamonghereanenthereathereawayherebeforeherebyhereforhereforehereforthhereforwardhereforwardsherefromherehencehereinabovehereinafterhereinbeforehereinbelowhereinelsewherehereinsoeverhereintohereinunderheremidhereofhereonhereouthereoverherethroughherethroughoutheretoheretoforehereuntohereuponherewithherewithalherewithinherewithout
hitherhithertohitheruntohitherwardhitherwards
howhowbeithoweverhowsohowsoeverhowsomedeverhowsomever
thatthatawaythatwise
thencethenceafterthenceforththenceforwardthenceforwardsthencefromthenceout
therethereaboutthereaboutsthereabovethereacrossthereafterthereaftersthereagainthereagainsttherealongthereamongthereamongstthereanenttherearoundthereatthereawaytherebeforetherebesidetherebetweentherebeyondtherebythereverthereforthereforethereforththerefromtherehencethereinabovethereinafterthereinbeforethereinbelowthereintothereinundertheremidthereofthereonthereoutthereovertheresoevertherethroughtherethroughouttheretotheretoforethereuntothereupthereupontherewiththerewithaltherewithintherewithout
thisthisawaythiswise
thitherthitherinsoeverthithertothitherwardthitherwards
whatwhateverwhatsowhatsoeverwhatsomedeverwhatsomeverwhatwise
whenwhenaboutwhenaboutswhenaswheneverwhensowhensoeverwhensomever
whencewhenceafterwhenceverwhenceforthwhenceforwardwhencefromwhencewardwhencewards
wherewhereaboutwhereaboutswhereabovewhereafterwhereafterswhereagainstwherealongwhereamongwhereamongstwhereanentwherearoundwhereaswhereatwhereawaywherebeforewherebesidewherebetweenwherebeyondwherebywhereverwhereforwhereforewhereforthwherefromwherehencewhereinabovewhereinafterwhereinbeforewhereinbelowwhereinsoeverwhereintowhereinunderwheremidwhereofwhereonwhereoutwhereoverwheresowheresoeverwheresomeverwherethroughwherethroughoutwheretowheretoforewhereuntowhereupwhereuponwherewithwherewithalwherewithinwherewithout
whitherwhithereverwhitherinsoeverwhithersowhithertowhithertoforewhitherwardwhitherwards
whywhyeverwhyforwhysowhysoever
1.Scottish
2. fromMiddle Englishmid
3. old dialectal form
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