Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)After a short time.

    со временемso vremenem, постепе́нноpostepénno, впоследствииvposledstvii

    at some eventual time in the future

  2. (not comparable)After an indefinite period.

    Sit down, have a rest, and by and by you'll be feeling better.

  3. (not comparable, obsolete)Immediately; at once.

Examples

257 sentences
  1. Did he come by bus or by train?

    Він приїхав автобусом чи поїздом? — leyla

    ruОн приехал автобусом или поездом? — leyla

    deIst er mit dem Bus oder mit dem Zug gekommen? — lilygilder

  2. I know him by sight, but not by name.

    Я упізнаю його візуально, але я не знаю, як його звати. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю его в лицо, но не по имени. — odexed

  3. Was it by accident or by design?

    deWar das zufällig oder absichtlich? — Sudajaengi

  4. Let's go by train instead of by bus.

    ruДавай поедем на поезде, а не автобусом. — odexed

    deLass uns mit der Bahn statt mit dem Bus fahren! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. He came by car instead of by train.

    ruОн приехал на машине, а не на поезде. — marafon

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
at an indefinite time in the future:

Origin

From Middle English by and by (“side by side, close together, alongside, on and on, contin

From Middle English by and by (“side by side, close together, alongside, on and on, continually, again and again, repeatedly”), equivalent to by + and + by.

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Synonyms

7 synonyms
after a short time:shortlyB1
immediately:nowA1
after an indefinite period:in due course
Close in meaning
  • at some eventual time in the future:later

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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