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hereby

UK/hɪəˈbʌɪ//hɪɹˈbaɪ/

hereby adverb: near this place; nearby.

Adverb

hereby (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Near this place; nearby.
    • There is a mighty man, which wonnes hereby, / That with most fell despight and deadly hate / Seekes to subvert her Crowne and dignity […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (formal) By this means, action or process.
    • I hereby declare you husband and wife.

hereby meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

hereby in Hindi

formal phrase
एतद्द्वारा etaddvārā

hereby in Tamil

இவண், இவ்வாறு

hereby in Urdu

من ہٰذا, یہیں قریب میں

hereby in Bengali

hereby
এতদ্বারা etôdvara
More languagesFewer languages
hereby in Kannada
ಈ ಮೂಲಕ, ಇದರ ಮೂಲಕ, ಇದರಿಂದ, ಇದರ ಫಲವಾಗಿ
hereby in Sanskrit
अना anā́
hereby in Indonesian
dengan ini

Examples of hereby in a sentence

  • In consideration of the performance of B's obligations hereunder, A hereby grants to B's personal license.
  • You are hereby ordered to vacate the premises within 14 days.
  • I hereby abandon my position as manager.

All 28 example sentences with hereby

Forms of hereby

alternative formheereby
alternative formheere

Origin of hereby

From here + by.

Words that rhyme with hereby

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about hereby

What does hereby mean?
Hereby means near this place; nearby.
What is hereby in Hindi?
Hereby in Hindi is एतद्द्वारा (etaddvārā). See Hereby meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hereby?
Hereby is an adverb.
How do you pronounce hereby?
Hereby is pronounced /hɪəˈbʌɪ/ (UK).

Words near hereby in the dictionary

  1. hereaways
  2. herebefore
  3. herebelow
  4. herebeneath
  5. herebeyond
  6. hereby
  7. Hereclean
  8. Heredia
  9. Heredias
  10. hereditabilities
  11. hereditability

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hereby (page history and authors); hereby (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hereby (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); এতদ্বারা (Bengali) (page history and authors); hereby (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अना (Sanskrit) (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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