Standard Lemma guide

hereby

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /hɪəˈbʌɪ/
  • US: /hɪɹˈbaɪ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: HH IH0 R B AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Near this place; nearby.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

By this means, action or process.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: formal, not-comparable

Examples

  • I hereby declare you husband and wife.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

(formal) by means of this

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I hereby declare you man and wife

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: herewith

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From here + by.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: с това (s tova) — formal phrase
  • Bulgarian: по този начин (po tozi način) — formal phrase
  • Czech: tímto — formal phrase
  • Danish: hermed — formal phrase
  • Dutch: hierdoor — formal phrase
  • Dutch: hierbij — formal phrase
  • Esperanto: perjene — formal phrase
  • Esperanto: per la jeno — formal phrase
  • Finnish: täten — formal phrase
  • French: par la présente — formal phrase
  • Georgian: ამიტომ (amiṭom) — formal phrase
  • German: hiermit — formal phrase
  • German: hierdurch — formal phrase
  • German: hierbei — formal phrase
  • Hindi: एतद्द्वारा (etaddvārā) — formal phrase
  • Hungarian: ezáltal — formal phrase
  • Hungarian: ezúton — formal phrase
  • Hungarian: ezennel — formal phrase
  • Icelandic: hérmeð — formal phrase
  • Indonesian: dengan ini — formal phrase
  • Italian: per questo — formal phrase
  • Italian: dunque — formal phrase
  • Polish: niniejszym — formal phrase
  • Portuguese: com isso — formal phrase
  • Portuguese: assim — formal phrase
  • Portuguese: por este meio — formal phrase
  • Romanian: prin aceasta — formal phrase
  • Russian: сим (sim) — formal phrase
  • Russian: э́тим (étim) — formal phrase
  • Russian: настоя́щим (nastojáščim) — formal phrase
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȋme — formal phrase
  • Serbo-Croatian: òvīme — formal phrase
  • Spanish: por este — formal phrase
  • Spanish: por este medio — formal phrase
  • Spanish: por la presente — formal phrase
  • Swedish: härmed — formal phrase