by means of

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EnglishEdit

PrepositionEdit

by means of

1. by using (a thing)
   • 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."

SynonymsEdit

• (by using): by dint of

TranslationsEdit

By using

• Arabic: بِوَاسِطَة‎‎ (bi-wāsiṭa), بِوَسِيلَة‎‎ (bi-wasīlat)

  Egyptian Arabic: باستخدام‎‎ (besteḵdaam)

• Catalan: mitjançant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 用 (jung⁶)

  Mandarin: 用 (zh) (yòng)

• Dutch: aan de hand van, door middel van
• Esperanto: pere de
• Finnish: avulla
• French: au moyen de (fr)
• German: mittels (de), vermittels (de)
• Khmer: ដោយ (km) (daoy), តាមមធ្យោបាយ (taam matyoobaay), តាមរយៈ (taam rea’yea’)

• Lao: ທາງ (thāng)
• Latin: per (la)
• Navajo: yee
• Novial: per
• Portuguese: por meio de
• Russian: при по́мощи (ru) (pri pómošči), посре́дством (ru) (posrédstvom)
• Spanish: por medio de
• Telugu: గుండా (te) (guṇḍā)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: aracılığıyla (tr), vasıtasıyla (tr)
• Vietnamese: bằng (vi)
• Volapük: medü (vo)