wherebyadverb, conjunction
uk/weəˈbaɪ/us/werˈbaɪ/C2 by which way or method:
They've set up a plan whereby you can spread the cost over a two-year period.
We need to devise some sort of system whereby people can liaise with each other.
not standard in which, or with which:
It's put me in a position whereby I can't afford to take a job.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- avenue
- basis
- channel
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- mixed media
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- resort
- shortcut
- vein
- what's the drill for sth? idiom
- workings
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