You're by my side; everything's fine now.
Source: tatoeba (1642)
By
//baɪ//
Synonyms for "by" (118 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (59)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
69 entriesShowing 16 of 69 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
49 entriesShowing 16 of 49 words.
Translations
492 translations across 74 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- by prep (near, or next to)
- deur prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- deur prep (indicates creator of a work)
- deur prep (indicates a means)
Albanian
1 entries- afer prep (near, or next to)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- νή prep (with the authority of)
- ῠ̔πό prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
Arabic
4 entries- بـ prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- بِجَانِب prep (near, or next to)
- بِـ prep (indicates a means)
- بِـ prep (with the authority of)
Armenian
3 entries- առ prep (indicates steady progression)
- կողքին prep (near, or next to)
- մոտ prep (near, or next to)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܒܝܲܕ prep (indicates creator of a work)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- tərəfindən prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- vasitəsilə prep (indicates a means)
Bashkir
1 entries- янында prep (near, or next to)
Bavarian German
2 entries- ba prep (near, or next to)
- ba prep (with the authority of)
Bulgarian
4 entries- до prep (near, or next to)
- до prep (not later than)
- край prep (near, or next to)
- от prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
Catalan
4 entries- al costat prep (near, or next to)
- per prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- per prep (indicates creator of a work)
- per a prep (not later than)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- ……之前 prep (not later than)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- ……之前 prep (not later than)
- 叫 prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- 在……旁 prep (near, or next to)
- 用… prep (indicates a means)
Czech
4 entries- do prep (not later than)
- o prep (indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy)
- od prep (indicates creator of a work)
- po prep (indicates steady progression)
Danish
4 entries- forbi adv (along a path)
- af prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- af prep (indicates creator of a work)
- efter prep (indicating means of classification or organisation)
Dutch
4 entries- langs adv (along a path)
- bij prep (near, or next to)
- bij prep (used to separate dimensions)
- door prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
Egyptian
1 entries- i-n prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
Esperanto
4 entries- antaŭ prep (not later than)
- apud prep (near, or next to)
- de prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- de prep (indicates creator of a work)
Finnish
4 entries- ohi adv (along a path)
- kautta prep (with the authority of)
- kautta prep ((indicates an oath) with the authority of)
- lla prep (indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy)
French
4 entries- au bord de prep (near, or next to)
- au moyen de prep (indicates a means)
- avant prep (not later than)
- de prep (indicates creator of a work)
Galician
3 entries- cabo prep (near, or next to)
- por prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- so prep (near, or next to)
German
4 entries- längs adv (along a path)
- auf prep (used to separate dimensions)
- bei prep (near, or next to)
- bei prep (with the authority of)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
Greek
4 entries- από prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- από prep (indicates a means)
- διά prep (indicates a means)
- μα prep (with the authority of)
Hawaiian
2 entries- hiʻialo prep (near, or next to)
- kokoke prep (near, or next to)
Hebrew
4 entries- ב־ prep (indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy)
- באמצעות prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- לפי prep (indicating means of classification or organisation)
- מאת prep (indicates creator of a work)
Hindi
3 entries- ...से prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- जानिब prep (near, or next to)
- तक prep (not later than)
Hungarian
4 entries- alapján prep (with the authority of)
- ig prep (not later than)
- meg prep (with the authority of)
- mig prep (with the authority of)
Icelandic
3 entries- eftir prep (indicates creator of a work)
- fyrir prep (not later than)
- við prep (near, or next to)
Ido
3 entries- apud prep (near, or next to)
- da prep (indicates creator of a work)
- per prep (indicates a means)
Indonesian
3 entries- di sebelah ... prep (near, or next to)
- kena prep (indicates a means)
- oleh prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
Interlingua
2 entries- a prep (indicates creator of a work)
- ab prep (indicates creator of a work)
Italian
4 entries- accanto prep (near, or next to)
- con prep (indicates a means)
- da prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- da prep (indicates creator of a work)
Japanese
4 entries- 道に沿って adv (along a path)
- …で prep (indicates a means)
- …に prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- …に prep (indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy)
Kapampangan
4 entries- ...a prep (indicates creator of a work)
- ...ken prep (indicates a means)
- ...king lele naning... prep (near, or next to)
- ...king siping naning... prep (near, or next to)
Kazakh
2 entries- жанында prep (near, or next to)
- қасында prep (near, or next to)
Korean
4 entries- ...까지 prep (not later than)
- ...로 prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- ...로 prep (indicates a means)
- ...로 prep (indicating means of classification or organisation)
Latin
4 entries- a prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- a prep (indicates creator of a work)
- ab prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- ab prep (indicates creator of a work)
Latvian
1 entries- pa prep (indicates a means)
Lithuanian
1 entries- prie prep (near, or next to)
Lower Sorbian
3 entries- pla prep (near, or next to)
- pśi prep (near, or next to)
- wó prep (indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy)
Macedonian
4 entries- до prep (near, or next to)
- до prep (not later than)
- кај prep (near, or next to)
- од prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
Malay
4 entries- di sepanjang adv (along a path)
- demi prep (indicates steady progression)
- dengan prep (indicates a means)
- di sebelah prep (near, or next to)
Maltese
3 entries- bi prep (not later than)
- bi prep (indicates creator of a work)
- bi prep (indicates a means)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- wangoni mwa prep (near, or next to)
Māori
4 entries- i prep (near, or next to)
- i te taha o prep (near, or next to)
- ki prep (indicates a means)
- nā prep (indicates creator of a work)
Ngazidja Comorian
2 entries- ha prep (indicates a means)
- ni prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- di ber re adv (along a path)
- tê re adv (along a path)
- bi prep (indicates a means)
- bi prep (indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy)
Norwegian
4 entries- av prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- av prep (indicates creator of a work)
- etter prep (indicating means of classification or organisation)
- etter prep (indicates steady progression)
Old English
4 entries- be prep (near, or next to)
- be prep (not later than)
- fram prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- of prep (indicates creator of a work)
Persian
1 entries- تا prep (not later than)
Polish
4 entries- do prep (not later than)
- na prep (with the authority of)
- na prep (used to separate dimensions)
- o prep (indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy)
Portuguese
4 entries- por mim adv (along a path)
- por nós adv (along a path)
- a prep (indicates a means)
- até prep (not later than)
Romanian
4 entries- cu prep (indicates a means)
- cu prep (indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy)
- cu prep (indicates steady progression)
- de prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
Russian
4 entries- во и́мя prep (with the authority of)
- до prep (not later than)
- за prep (indicates steady progression)
- к prep (not later than)
Scots
1 entries- bi prep (indicating means of classification or organisation)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- seachad adv (along a path)
- le prep (indicates creator of a work)
Slovak
4 entries- okolo adv (along a path)
- do prep (not later than)
- o prep (indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy)
- od prep (indicates creator of a work)
Slovene
4 entries- do prep (not later than)
- od prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- od prep (indicates creator of a work)
- po prep (indicating means of classification or organisation)
Spanish
4 entries- por adv (along a path)
- acorde a prep (indicating means of classification or organisation)
- ante prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- cerca de prep (near, or next to)
Swahili
1 entries- na prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
Swedish
4 entries- längs adv (along a path)
- längs med adv (along a path)
- av prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- av prep (indicates creator of a work)
Tagalog
3 entries- ng prep (indicates creator of a work)
- ni prep (indicates creator of a work)
- nina prep (indicates creator of a work)
Thai
4 entries- ข้าง prep (near, or next to)
- ติดกับ prep (near, or next to)
- เคียง prep (near, or next to)
- โดย prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
Turkish
4 entries- tamanından prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- tarafindan prep (indicates creator of a work)
- tarafından prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- vasıtasıyla prep (indicates a means)
Turkmen
1 entries- tarapyndan prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
Ukrainian
4 entries- повз adv (along a path)
- до prep (not later than)
- за prep (indicates steady progression)
- за допомогою prep (indicates a means)
Urdu
2 entries- ...سے prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- تک prep (not later than)
Uzbek
1 entries- tomonidan prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
Vietnamese
4 entries- qua adv (along a path)
- bên prep (near, or next to)
- bên cạnh prep (near, or next to)
- bằng cách prep (indicates a means)
Volapük
1 entries- a prep (indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy)
Welsh
4 entries- gan prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- gan prep (indicates creator of a work)
- wrth prep (near, or next to)
- â prep (indicates a means)
West-Frisian
2 entries- troch prep (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
- troch prep (indicates creator of a work)
Yiddish
1 entries- לויט prep (indicating means of classification or organisation)
Sample sentences
69 total sentences available.
At the age of six he had learned to use the typewriter and told the teacher that he did not need to learn to write by hand.
Source: tatoeba (1828)
I'm at the hospital. I got struck by lightning.
Source: tatoeba (1850)
I have a great fear of being disdained by those I love and care about.
Source: tatoeba (1920)
Showing 4 of 69 available sentences.
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