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by itself

by itself prepositional phrase: synonym of in itself.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Synonym of in itself.
    • The court sought to establish that preparation for a crime, by itself, does not constitute an attempted crime.
    Synonyms:
    in itself
  2. Declined form of by oneself.
    • The kitten was sitting by itself on the sidewalk, mewing, apparently expecting its mother to appear at any moment.

by itself meaning in Malayalam

by itself in Malayalam

by itself, oneself
തന്നെ tanne

Synonyms of by itself

Questions about by itself

What does by itself mean?
By itself means synonym of in itself.
What is by itself in Malayalam?
By itself in Malayalam is തന്നെ (tanne). See By itself meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is by itself?
By itself is a prepositional phrase.

Words near by itself in the dictionary

  1. by hook and by crook
  2. by hook or by crook
  3. by hook or crook
  4. by in large
  5. by inches
  6. by itself
  7. by jabers
  8. by Jesus
  9. by jiminy
  10. by jingo
  11. by jings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: by itself (page history and authors); തന്നെ (Malayalam) (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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