by

bī

1. noun – variant spelling of bye1.
2. preposition – identifying the agent performing an action:
3. preposition – indicating the means of achieving something.
4. preposition – indicating the amount or size of a margin.
5. preposition – indicating a deadline or the end of a particular time period.
6. preposition – indicating location of a physical object beside a place or object.
7. preposition – indicating the period in which something happens.
8. preposition – concerning; according to.
9. preposition – used in mild oaths.
10. adverb – so as to go past.
11. prefix – subordinate; incidental; secondary.
12. noun – the transfer of a competitor directly to the next round of a competition in the absence of an assigned opponent.