thereby

[ th air-bahy, th air-bahy ]

/ ˌðɛərˈbaɪ, ˈðɛərˌbaɪ /

by that; by means of that.

in that connection or relation: Thereby hangs a tale.

by or near that place.

Scot. about that number, quantity, or degree.

Origin of thereby

before 900; Middle English therby, Old English thǣrbī. See there, by¹

She thereby declared herself less interested in making money than in making a difference.

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They are only here to reap the rewards of the American safety net (such as it is) and thereby raise your taxes.

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The broader goal was to oust Saddam in order to build a beautiful democracy in the Middle East and thereby transform the region.

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This strain of enterovirus seems unusually provocative in irritating lower airways, thereby causing airway narrowing.

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You can call some of your soldiers from their checkpoints, thereby allowing you to remain in control of the situation.

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These conditions must increase the earth's equatorial bulge and thereby cause changes in the distribution of land and water.

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Thereby had she been enabled to say, 'He will come'; and saying, 'He has come,' her touch rested on the first knot in the string.

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He had the courage, the foolhardiness to sign his name to the article, thereby irrevocably committing himself to the propaganda.

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The prophecy of extirpation had been passed, but the cruel agent of its accomplishment was not thereby condoned.

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The contents of this compartment are thereby discharged through the shoot C into the generating tank B.

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thereby

/ (ˌðɛəˈbaɪ, ˈðɛəˌbaɪ) /

by that means; because of that

archaic by or near that place; thereabouts