by

1. preposition

1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) δίπλα σε

2) (past: going by the house.) μπροστά από

3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) μέσω, διαμέσου

4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) από (ποιητικό αίτιο)

5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) με (μεταφορικό μέσο)

6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) από, μέσω

7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) έως, μέχρι

8) (during the time of.) κατά τη διάρκεια

9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) κατά

10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) επί

11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) με

12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) όσον αφορά

2. adverb

1) (near: They stood by and watched.) κοντά, παραδίπλα

2) (past: A dog ran by.) από μπροστά

3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) κατά μέρος

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- bygones: let bygones be bygones

- bypass 3. verb

(to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) αποφεύγω, παρακάμπτω

- by-product

- bystander
- by and by
- by and large
- by oneself
- by the way