hereby

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UK/hɪəˈbʌɪ/US/hɪɹˈbaɪ/

adverb

Near this place; nearby.

“I hereby declare you husband and wife.”

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Meanings

adverbhereby (not comparable)

alternative heereby · alternative heere

  1. not comparableobsoleteNear this place; nearby.

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

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. formalnot comparableBy this means, action or process.

    I hereby declare you husband and wife.

Synonyms & antonyms

adverb(formal) by means of this

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Translations

Bulgarian с това, по този начин
  • с това (s tova)formal phrase
  • по този начин (po tozi način)formal phrase
Czech tímto
  • tímtoformal phrase
Danish hermed
  • hermedformal phrase
Dutch hierdoor, hierbij
  • hierdoorformal phrase
  • hierbijformal phrase
Esperanto perjene, per la jeno
  • perjeneformal phrase
  • per la jenoformal phrase
Finnish täten
  • tätenformal phrase
French par la présente
  • par la présenteformal phrase
German hiermit, hierdurch
  • hiermitformal phrase
  • hierdurchformal phrase
  • hierbeiformal phrase
Hindi एतद्द्वारा
  • एतद्द्वारा (etaddvārā)formal phrase
Hungarian ezáltal, ezúton
  • ezáltalformal phrase
  • ezútonformal phrase
  • ezennelformal phrase
Icelandic hérmeð
  • hérmeðformal phrase
Indonesian dengan ini
  • dengan iniformal phrase
Italian per questo, dunque
  • per questoformal phrase
  • dunqueformal phrase
Polish niniejszym
  • niniejszymformal phrase
Portuguese com isso, assim
  • com issoformal phrase
  • assimformal phrase
  • por este meioformal phrase
Romanian prin aceasta
  • prin aceastaformal phrase
Russian сим, э́тим
  • сим (sim)formal phrase
  • э́тим (étim)formal phrase
  • настоя́щим (nastojáščim)formal phrase
Spanish por este, por este medio
  • por esteformal phrase
  • por este medioformal phrase
  • por la presenteformal phrase
Swedish härmed
  • härmedformal phrase

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

hereby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hereby

MLA

“hereby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hereby. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hereby,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hereby.

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