Used in a Sentence

thereby

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for thereby.

Editorial note

Maybe the solution is to simply increase the birthrate, thereby decreasing per capita consumption.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(formal) By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of thereby gathered in one view.

adverb

(formal) By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for thereby.

adverb

(formal) By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that.

Example sentences

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Maybe the solution is to simply increase the birthrate, thereby decreasing per capita consumption.

2

Those are also the aircraft that fly the most hours and thereby use the most fuel.

3

You would be able to help direct capital to those businesses requiring it, thereby maximizing the benefit of investment to society.

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Microsoft is a publicly-held company, beholden to its shareholders and is thereby required to compete in the market against its rivals.

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NET or Java, thereby reducing the supply and putting these candidates in high demand.

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Second, the redundancy allows the programmer to declare the intended type, and thereby benefit from a cross check performed by the compiler.

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If you want social safety nets, you need a homogeneous culture that stresses (irrationally) not taking advantage of them, thereby making them sustainable.

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So maybe the solution is to do nothing in an effort to avoid the unintended consequences, thereby leaving us to deal with the obvious consequences of business as usual, whatever they might be.

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It was quite insulting to say that my work is unfairly yielding some other group profit, thereby implying that I'm some naive dunce.

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He then moved to Tasmania about a year after I did, thereby fixing our electricity related emissions because Tasmania's electricity is almost entirely hydroelectric.

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Alberti expounded a methodology for artists akin to the preparation of an oration and thereby laid the foundations for what became the academic tradition in art down to the 19th century..

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It also does not link containers, instead opting to attach the database to the first IP address of the network Docker sets up, thereby avoiding the need for complicated service discovery.

Quote examples

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Is everyone afraid to be labelled "socialist" and thereby disqualified if suggesting something worker-friendly?

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This blog post’s “jibes” miss the essay’s spirit, and Orwell’s playful (often ironic) tone, and thereby misread its substance, I think.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use thereby in a sentence?

Maybe the solution is to simply increase the birthrate, thereby decreasing per capita consumption.

What does thereby mean?

(formal) By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that.

What part of speech is thereby?

thereby is commonly used as adverb.