by means of

English

Preposition

by means of

1. By using (an object or an approach).
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz:

     "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."

Synonyms

• (by using): by dint of
• via

Translations

By using

• Arabic: بِوَاسِطَة‎ (bi-wāsiṭa)

  Egyptian Arabic: باستخدام‎ (besteḵdām)

• Bengali: করে (kôre)
• Catalan: mitjançant (ca), per mitjà de
• Cherokee: ᎬᏗ (gvdi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 用 (jung⁶)

  Mandarin: 用 (zh) (yòng), 以 (zh) (yǐ), 依靠 (zh) (yīkào), 藉著 (zh), 借着 (jièzhe)

• Czech: pomocí (cs)
• Dutch: aan de hand van, door middel van
• Esperanto: pere de
• Finnish: avulla (fi)
• French: au moyen de (fr)
• Galician: por medio de
• German: mittels (de), mittelst (de), vermittels (de)
• Italian: per opera di, per mezzo di, a cura di, tramite (it), mediante (it)

• Japanese: で (ja) (de)
• Khmer: ដោយ (km) (daoy), តាមមធ្យោបាយ (taam matyoobaay), តាមរយៈ (taam rea’yea’)
• Korean: 로 (-ro), 으로 (-euro)
• Lao: ທາງ (thāng)
• Latin: per (la) (+ accusative), ab (la) (+ ablative)
• Navajo: yee
• Polish: przy pomocy (pl), za pomocą (pl), przy użyciu (pl)
• Portuguese: por meio de (pt)
• Russian: при по́мощи (ru) (pri pómošči), посре́дством (ru) (posrédstvom)
• Spanish: por medio de
• Swedish: genom (sv), medelst (sv)
• Telugu: గుండా (te) (guṇḍā)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: aracılığıyla (tr), vasıtasıyla (tr)
• Vietnamese: bằng (vi)
• Volapük: medü (vo)
• Welsh: trwy, trwy gyfrwng