Near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
The stream runs by our back door.
Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
Be back by ten o'clock!.
Along a path which runs past someone or something.
I watched the parade as it passed by.
In the vicinity, near.
There was a shepherd close by.
To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
Out of the way, off to one side.
a by path; a by room
Subsidiary, incidental.
by catch; a by issue
Alternative form of bye.
Dated form of bye (“goodbye”).
The station code of Byculla railway station in India.
From Middle English by, bi, from Old English bī (“by; near; around”), from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi (“near; by; around; about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Cognate with W...
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I'll stop by on my way home from work.