thereby
//ðɛɹˈbaɪ//
formalDefinitions
1.By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that.(formal)
- Smoking is a form of self-inflicted injury and is thereby prohibited by Jewish law.
- I enrolled in Old English classes and thereby learned much about Germanic languages.
- For it would surely improve the domestic standing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an unbudgeable hawk, and thereby indefinitely delay peace on that Middle Eastern front.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4290
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English therby, from Old English ðǣrbig, equivalent to there + by.
Compare the parallel formation of German dabei.