by way of
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2.9
- idiom
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por medio de
- So let me make this point by way of example.
- by way of example
- by way of contrast
- little by way of
Instead, the bowstring would have been secured by way of tied leather bindings.
- Instead, the bowstring would have been secured by way of tied leather bindings.
- The thing is brought within consciousness by way of the notion.
- So JavaScript has objects, and you create them by way of the curly brace notation.
- And so you acquire that by way of a skill set.
- It actually arrived on Earth by way of Stardust.
- They are simply driven from the inside without question by way of neural circuitry.
- I have not seen my TMAO spike and I've evaluated that by way of blood tests.
- They are ideas that come to us through the Gospels, by way of the Old Testament.
- And where most people get the majority of their antioxidants is by way of drinking coffee.
- Or rather, it was Sergeant himself that was peering through my artifice by way of his painting.
- In other words, addition by subtraction, adding quality of life to your life by way of taking things away.
- What does this mean by way of a moral orientation, and what does it mean by way of a political project?
Examples
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Caffeine works to keep us awake by way of competing with adenosine.
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So I'll tell you by way of a story how I would answer that.
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Especially since you have to go by way of Mexico.
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The rest of us will go by way of the forest over there.
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To the West Coast, by way of the Canal.
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And they do that by way of a couple of pathways.
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And where most people get the majority of their antioxidants is by way of drinking coffee.
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Go by way of Waterloo Bridge, will you?
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She must have come by way of Alaska.
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You can reach the summit by way of the eastern trail.
Synonyms
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By using a particular route, place, or method
Going directly from the start to the destination without stops
Continuing without a stop or change, used before a word to show direct service
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Surface Forms
Morphology
by + way + of
The phrase 'by way of' transparently combines 'by' (indicating means), 'way' (manner or method), and 'of' (linking), yielding the compositional meaning 'by means of' or 'via'. This construction has direct equivalents in many languages and follows normal English composition patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase by way of comes from the simple image of travel: way means a road and to go by a place is to pass through it on your route. So the phrase came to mean 'using' or 'through' a particular place or method.