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by
Preposition
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near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
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at some time before (the given time).
Be back by ten o'clock!
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if something is done by somebody, it is done through their action
The matter was decided by the chairman.
The boat was swamped by the water.
He was protected by his body armour.
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if something is created by somebody, they are the creator, author, etc.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare.
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shows how someone does something
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
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using the rules or logic of.
I sorted the items by category.
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with a change of. In this case, by shows how much something has changed.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
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shows how slowly, or how quickly, someone does something (used in the form "X by X" or "by Xs")
We went through the book page by page.
We crawled forward by inches.
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If you multiply mathx/math by mathy/math, you multiply mathx/math × mathy/math.
Five multiplied by seven is 35.
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If you divide mathx/math by mathy/math, you find how many mathy/maths are in mathx/math.
35 divided by seven is five.
car
Noun
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A car is a small passenger vehicle with four wheels, moved by an engine.
I just drive around in my car all day.
The garage was full so she parked her poor little car on the street.
Three fire trucks and two police cars arrived at the scene of the car accident.
Tony got in the driver's seat and started the car.
We flew into Miami and got a rental car.
Her son crashed the family car, but nobody was hurt.
Sheldon had offered to buy Nicki a used car, a Honda or Toyota, something reliable.
They stopped us at a red light and stole our car.
Us kids made $20 washing the cars in the driveway in front of our parents' house.
I loaded my suitcase and bag in the trunk of my car.
The salesperson at the car dealer tried to sell me a used BMW.
Are we going to be driving Chinese electric cars in a few years?
When the car was going 150 km/h, she took her hands off the wheel and closed her eyes.
Mr. Marquez was known for flashy clothes and jewelry, luxury cars and even a few boats.
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A car is one large part of a train that can be added or taken away.
Examples by car examples
How do I use by car in a sentence?
Simple sentences
I was nearly run over by a car.