Phrase guide

by means of

prep · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep

Meaning 1

By using (an object or an approach).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِوَاسِطَة (bi-wāsiṭa) — by using
  • Arabic: باستخدام (besteḵdām) — by using
  • Azerbaijani: vasitəsilə — by using
  • Bengali: করে (kore) — by using
  • Catalan: mitjançant — by using
  • Catalan: per mitjà de — by using
  • Catalan: a força de — by using
  • Cherokee: ᎬᏗ (gvdi) — by using
  • Chinese Cantonese: 用 (jung6) — by using
  • Chinese Mandarin: 用 (yòng) — by using
  • Chinese Mandarin: 以 (yǐ) — by using
  • Chinese Mandarin: 依靠 (yīkào) — by using
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藉著 /借著 (jièzhe) — by using
  • Chinese Mandarin: 借着 (jièzhe) — by using
  • Czech: pomocí — by using
  • Czech: prostřednictvím — by using
  • Dutch: aan de hand van — by using
  • Dutch: door middel van — by using
  • Esperanto: per — by using
  • Esperanto: pere de — by using
  • Finnish: avulla — by using
  • French: au moyen de — by using
  • Galician: por medio de — by using
  • German: mittels — by using
  • German: mittelst — by using
  • German: vermittels — by using
  • Hungarian: segítségével — by using
  • Hungarian: révén — by using
  • Hungarian: útján — by using
  • Italian: per opera di — by using
  • Italian: per mezzo di — by using
  • Italian: a cura di — by using
  • Italian: tramite — by using
  • Italian: mediante — by using
  • Japanese: で (de) — by using
  • Khmer: ដោយ (daoy) — by using
  • Khmer: តាមមធ្យោបាយ (taam matyoobaay) — by using
  • Khmer: តាមរយៈ (taam rea’yea’) — by using
  • Korean: -로 (-ro) — by using
  • Korean: -으로 (-euro) — by using
  • Lao: ທາງ (thāng) — by using
  • Latin: per — by using
  • Latin: ab — by using
  • Navajo: yee — by using
  • Polish: przy pomocy — by using
  • Polish: za pomocą — by using
  • Polish: przy użyciu — by using
  • Polish: za pośrednictwem — by using
  • Portuguese: por meio de — by using
  • Russian: при по́мощи (pri pómošči) — by using
  • Russian: посре́дством (posrédstvom) — by using
  • Spanish: por medio de — by using
  • Spanish: por intermedio de — by using
  • Spanish: por mediación de — by using
  • Swedish: genom — by using
  • Swedish: medelst — by using
  • Telugu: గుండా (guṇḍā) — by using
  • Turkish: aracılığıyla — by using
  • Turkish: vasıtasıyla — by using
  • Ukrainian: за допомо́гою (za dopomóhoju) — by using
  • Ukrainian: за посере́дництвом (za poserédnyctvom) — by using
  • Vietnamese: bằng — by using
  • Volapük: medü — by using
  • Welsh: trwy — by using
  • Welsh: trwy gyfrwng — by using