by't
/baɪt/
by't is the contraction of by.
Meaning of by
Preposition
by
- 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); before.
- Be back by ten o'clock!
- After a given amount of time has elapsed or a given event has occurred.
- By February, we were all sick of the cold.
- Following a passive verb.
- The matter was decided by the chairman.
- Following a noun.
- There was a call by the unions for a 30% pay rise.
Words that rhyme with by't
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
Questions about by't
- What is by't the contraction of?
- By't is the contraction of by.
- How do you pronounce by't?
- By't is pronounced /baɪt/.
Words near by't in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: by't (page history and authors); by (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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