thereby English · revision 10433

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 897}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ðɛəˈbaɪ/ ''(UK)''; /ðɛɹˈbaɪ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English therbi, [[inh|ang|þǣrbī|t=thus, by means of that]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[there]] and [[by]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) with similar formations in Old Frisian therbi, German [[m|de|dabei]] and Dutch daarbij.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ By that; by means of, or because of, that: about 897.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Near that place, adjacent, is from about 1220, now archaic.^(OED 1989)^(Collins 2023) Besides, in addition to that, is from the 14th century,^(OED 1989) and about that number, nearly so, from about 1425.^(OED 1989) The SOED notes that it was originally written as two words.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 897 – by that means.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1220 – near that place.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1425 – approximately.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # By that means; because of that; as a result.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(archaic)'' Near that place; thereabouts.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[there]]

+ * [[by]]

+ * [[whereby]]

+ * [[hereby]]

+ * [[therefore]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}