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A Writer's Dictionary:

by- Definition


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by-
bye-
prefix
    1. Signifying minor, supplementary or less important.
      Example: by-law
      Example: by-election
    2. Signifying indirect; running past, beside or apart from something.
      Example: byroad
      Example: bypass
    3. Signifying incidental; occurring by way of something else.
      Example: by-product
    4. Signifying near.
      Example: bystander


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