hereby

English

Etymology

From here +‎ by.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /hɪəˈbʌɪ/
• (US) IPA: /hɪrˈbaɪ/, X-SAMPA: /hIr"baI/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪ

Adverb

hereby (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Near this place; nearby.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.8:

     There is a mighty man, which wonnes hereby, / That with most fell despight and deadly hate / Seekes to subvert her Crowne and dignity […].

2. (formal) By this means, action or process.

   I hereby declare you husband and wife.

Translations

formal phrase

• Czech: tímto (cs)
• Dutch: hierdoor (nl), hierbij (nl)
• Finnish: täten (fi)
• French: par la présente (fr)
• Georgian: ამიტომ (ka) (amitom)
• German: hiermit (de), hierdurch (de), hierbei (de)
• Italian: ‎per questo, dunque (it)

• Polish: niniejszym (pl)
• Romanian: prin aceasta (ro)
• Russian: сим (ru) (sim), этим (ru) (étim), настоящим (ru) (nastojáščim)
• Serbo-Croatian: tȋme (sh), òvīme (sh)
• Spanish: por este (es), por este medio (es), por la presente (es)
• Swedish: härmed (sv)