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thereby

//ðɛɹˈbaɪ//

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

formal

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Definitions

  1. 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.

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Etymology

From Middle English therby, from Old English ðǣrbig, equivalent to there + by.

Compare the parallel formation of German dabei.

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