Preposition

(English prepositions)

Near or next to.

At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.

(Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice): Through the action or presence of.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 28, author=Jon Smith, work=BBC Sport

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(Indicates the creator of a work): Existing through the authorship etc. of.

(Indicates the cause of a condition or event): Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.

* 1874 , (Thomas Hardy), (Far from the Madding Crowd) , 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.109:

In other directions the fields and sky were so much of one colour by the snow that it was difficult in a hasty glance to tell whereabouts the horizon occurred.

(Indicates a means): Involving/using the means of.

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*:"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by —except steal."

(Indicates a source of light): Medium emanating from hot sources.

* 1945 , Neva L. Boyd, Handbook of Recreational Games , 1975 edition, ISBN 0486232042, p.16:

Players: Can we get there by candlelight? ¶ Gatekeepers: Yes and back again.

* 1960 , , (One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish)

By' the light of the moon, / ' by the light of a star / they walked all night

(senseid).

(Indicates the amount of some progression): With a change of.

(Indicates a referenced source): According to.

(Indicates an oath): With the authority of.

Preposition

(English prepositions)

Going inside (of).

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* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 3, author=Chris Bevan, work=BBC Sport

, title= Rubin Kazan 1-0 Tottenham , passage=This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner.}}

Going to a geographic region.

Against, especially with force or violence.

Producing, becoming.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)

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After the start of.

* , chapter=13

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(colloquial) Intensely interested in or attracted to.

(mathematics) Taking distinct arguments to distinct values.

(British, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.

(mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".

Investigating the subject.