BY

pref. secondary, incidental

prep. near

adv. from the hand of, from the mind of; with; on, in

n. before long; secondary issue; draw

By or BY can refer to:by, a common English prepositionby or bye, a free pass through a round of competition in a tournamentBavaria (BY), official abbreviation of the German federal state BavariaBy, Doubs, a commune in the Doubs département of FranceBelarus (BY), WMO and 2-letter ISO country code.by, the ccTLD for BelarusBritannia Airways IATA airline codeBurundi (BY), FIPS Pub 10-4 and obsolete NATO digram country codeBy, John Lieutenant-Colonel, 19th century British military engineer famous for his work in CanadaByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, obsolete (1992) 2-letter ISO country codeThomsonfly IATA airline code
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.by is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Belarus. It is administered by the State Center of the Information Security of the President of the Republic of Belarus (Государственный центр безопасности информации при Президенте Республики Беларусь). The code "BY" originates from an alternative spelling of Belarus, Byelorussia, which was used during their inclusion in the Soviet Union. The ccTLD was created for Belarus on May 11, 1994 and replaces the Soviet domain of .su.
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Adverb
1. so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"
(synonym) past
2. in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day"
(synonym) aside, away

(pref.)
With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.
  

(pref.)
Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
  

(pref.)
On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.
  

(pref.)
Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.
  

(pref.)
In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.
  

(pref.)
Against.
  

(adv.)
Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
  

(adv.)
Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.
  

(adv.)
Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
  

(a.)
Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
  

<networking> The country code for Belarus.
(1999-01-27)