Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb By that means; because of that.
- adverb In connection with that.
from The Century Dictionary.
- By that; by that means; in consequence of that.
- Annexed to that; in that connection.
- By or near that place; near that number, quantity, or degree.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By that; by that means; in consequence of that.
- adverb Annexed to that.
- adverb Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb formal By it, by that.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb by that means or because of that
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Examples
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If so recorded it shall be prima facie evi - dence of all facts essential to the validity of the title thereby Acts, 1933. —
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After two years from a sale or taking of land for taxes, except as provided in section sixty-two, whoever then holds the title thereby acquired may bring a petition in the land court for the foreclosure of all rights of redemp - tion thereunder.
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All they will have achieved thereby is many more hectares of newsprint and gigabytes of internet coverage as their attempts to cover up the extent of their larceny stands exposed.
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All they will have achieved thereby is many more hectares of newsprint and gigabytes of internet coverage as their attempts to cover up the extent of their larceny stands exposed.
Archive 2009-06-14 2009
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An immigrant who comes in on net public subsidy, increasing the aggression on the net taxpayer thereby, is accessory to treason, the treason of offcials which diverted the public revenue to him, but an additional native is not.
Evolutionary Psychology and Economic Bias, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Slavery, treason in support of slavery and segregation were evil when they occurred, and the legacy left thereby is evil.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Virginia “Confederate History Month” Proclamation 2010
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Staff at a hotel in east Slovakia also hinted that he was unwelcome — until, that is, one of his sons spoke in English, thereby revealing that this was an American family in possession of hard currency.
Love of Country Lost and Found Rick Zedn 2010
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Interestingly enough sometimes a single amino acid substitution, if at a critical juncture, can have a large impact on the folding of that protein thereby affecting protein shape.
Better Models 2008
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After a time my brothers began pressing me to travel with them; but I refused saying, “What gained ye by travel voyage that I should gain thereby?”
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If a man gain the use of wealth, peradventure he is diverted thereby from the remembrance of his Lord; if poverty choke him his heart is distracted by woe, or if disquietude waste his heart, weakness causeth him to fall.
pragmatist83 commented on the word thereby
maka dengan itu
March 15, 2011