thereby

[There*by·]

The adverb thereby shows cause and effect: "She forgot to tie her shoes, thereby tripping and falling down the stairs."

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By that; by that means; in consequence of that.

Adverb
by that means or because of that; "He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth"


adv.
By that; by that means; in consequence of that.

adv.
Annexed to that.

adv.
Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc.


Thereby

There*by" , adv. 1. By that; by that means; in consequence of that.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee.
2. Annexed to that. "Thereby hangs a tale." Shak. 3. Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc. Chaucer.

By that; by that means; in consequence of that.

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Usage Examples

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

Italy has piled up huge public debt because the successive governments were too close to the life of ordinary citizens, too willing to please the requests of everybody, thereby acting against the interests of future generations.

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle.

By the Obama administration's reasoning, it would be constitutionally permissible to make Americans purchase nearly any product (broccoli, gym membership) that improved their health and thereby contributed to lower health-care costs.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

By providing outstanding economic leadership, this country can wage its attack successfully - and can thereby build the foundations of a peaceful world.

I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people.

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions.

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue.

I have been extremely pleased to support the Trust's work in the Lupus Unit ever since. Personal experience also motivated me to become involved to help raise the awareness of the disease and hopefully thereby improve the speed of diagnosis.

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