CEFR A1

by

preposition

Meaning

Used to indicate a point in time, no later than.

Examples

Please finish the report by Friday.
The package should arrive by tomorrow.

Synonyms: near, through, via, according to

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by (A1)

preposition

Pronunciation: /baɪ/

Definition

Used to indicate a point in time, no later than.

Examples

Please finish the report by Friday.
The package should arrive by tomorrow.

How to Use by

by the time (collocation): At the point when. — "By the time we arrived, the show had started."
by hand (collocation): Made or done using hands, not machines. — "The dress was made by hand."
by oneself (collocation): Alone; without help. — "He likes to work by himself."
by and by (idiom): Eventually; in the future. — "We will understand by and by."

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