whereby
English
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editAdverb
editwhereby (not comparable)
- (interrogative, obsolete) By what, in which direction; how.
- Whereby goest thou?
- By which.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →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 means whereby I live.
- 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 179:
- M. Sawrey […] devised a mechanical method whereby 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 approach whereby the power of devolution was used to enable the school to drive the curriculum.
- (nonstandard) Where, wherein, in which.
Usage notes
editUse of whereby as a formal equivalent of where is nonstandard and is avoided by careful speakers and writers, who use where or in which instead.
Translations
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See also
edit- (about) hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
- (abouts) hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
- (above) hereabove, thereabove, whereabove
- (across) thereacross, whereacross
- (after) hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
- (against) hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
- (again) thereagain
- (along) herealong, therealong, wherealong
- (amidst) thereamidst
- (amid) thereamid
- (among) hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
- (amongst) hereamongst, thereamongst, whereamongst
- (anent) hereanent, thereanent, whereanent
- (around) therearound, wherearound
- (as) thereas, whereas
- (at) hereat, thereat, whereat
- (atop) thereatop
- (before) herebefore, therebefore, wherebefore
- (behind) therebehind, wherebehind
- (below) herebelow, therebelow, wherebelow
- (beneath) herebeneath, therebeneath
- (beside) therebeside
- (between) therebetween, wherebetween
- (betwixt) therebetwixt
- (beyond) herebeyond, therebeyond
- (by) hereby, thereby, whereby
- (ever) herever, therever, wherever
- (fore) herefore, therefore, wherefore
- (for) herefor, therefor, wherefor
- (from) herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
- (hence) herehence, therehence
- (in after) hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
- (in before) hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
- (in) herein, therein, wherein
- (in soever) whereinsoever
- (into) hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
- (in which) whereinwhich
- (of) hereof, thereof, whereof
- (on) hereon, thereon, whereon
- (onto) hereonto, thereonto, whereonto
- (out) hereout, thereout, whereout
- (outside) thereoutside
- (over) hereover, thereover, whereover
- (soever) wheresoever
- (somever) wheresomever
- (so) whereso
- (throughout) therethroughout
- (through) therethrough, wherethrough
- (tofore) heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
- (to) hereto, thereto, whereto
- (toward) heretoward, theretoward, wheretoward
- (towards) theretowards, wheretowards
- (under) hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
- (until) thereuntil, whereuntil
- (unto) hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
- (upon) hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
- (withal) herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal
- (with) herewith, therewith, wherewith
- (within) herewithin, therewithin, wherewithin
- (without) herewithout, therewithout, wherewithout
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