A system or action whereby something happens is one that makes that thing happen.
[formal]
...the system whereby Britons choose their family doctors and the government paysthose doctors.
They voted to accept a deal whereby the union will receive nearly three-quartersof a million pounds from the International Miners Organisation.
whereby in British English
(wɛəˈbaɪ)
pronoun
1.
by or because of which
the means whereby he took his life
adverb
2. archaic
how? by what means?
whereby does he recognize me?
whereby in American English
(hwɛrˈbaɪ; wɛrˈbaɪ)
adverb
1. Archaic
by what? how?
whereby did you expect to profit?
conjunction
2.
by which; by means of which
a device whereby to make money
Examples of 'whereby' in a sentence
whereby
How about a deal whereby birthday party presents are restricted to books?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There are systems whereby people are led into a group or class.
Christianity Today (2000)
This is the oldfashioned scheme whereby you pick the car up full and return it full.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Any other arrangement whereby you and the biological father are known to each other involves some legal risk.
Martin, April The Guide to Lesbian and Gay Parenting (1993)
We need a fair system whereby older people support each other by helping to fund this wonderful service.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She claims that she had an arrangement whereby she would pay for his expenses and he would reimburse her.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Counselling is a process whereby the person concerned can learn to manage the emotional and practical realities that face them.
Whiteside, Dr Mike Banish Headaches -how to obtain fast, drug-free relief from headache (1990)
Certainly it should review the invidious situation whereby news paid for with the licence fee is offered free on its website.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Afterwards he was able to strike a deal whereby he earned twice as much as most artists from his album sales.
The Sun (2011)
Employees collectively may wish to agree to or modify the arrangements whereby disciplinary matters will be dealt with by the management.
Torrington, Derek Personnel Management: A New Approach (1991)
It was a complex and unsavoury arrangement whereby a price was put on each prisoner's head.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is also reviewing whether the process whereby consumers have to ask their network to leave is anti-competitive.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Machine learning is a process whereby a computer program is fed large amounts of data from which it is able to draw its own meanings.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is used by one health insurer in a scheme whereby the fitter policyholders are, the less they pay.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They wanted to preserve the system whereby the total amount of their expenses was made public, but none of the specifics.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The present system whereby passengers sometimes have to queue for hours on end is unsustainable and this approach would go a long way to improving the situation.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I simply think that teachers are paid to teach and that this whole arrangement whereby teaching assistants cover to give them preparation time is absurd.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Here the Swiss System was combined with an arrangement whereby the competitors played each other twice simultaneously.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We don't know or understand the process whereby the Burmese junta changed its mind so radically on how the country should be run.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Under new arrangements, bonus payments might take the form of deferred compensation schemes, whereby only part of a bonus would be paid upfront.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
For years, the system whereby companies recruited straight from universities with virtually no movement between companies after that seemed to work well for Japan.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A system being trialled at the moment in Brighton schools is the lottery system whereby your address matters little and catchment areas are more open and transparent.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
whereby
British English: whereby PRONOUN
A system or action whereby something happens is one that makes that thing happen.
The company operates an arrangement whereby employees may select any 8-hour period between 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. to go to work.
American English: whereby
Brazilian Portuguese: por meio do qual
Chinese: 凭借
European Spanish: mediante el {or} la cual
French: selon lequelN
German: wobei
Italian: per cui
Japanese: それによって～するところの
Korean: 그것에 의하여 ~하는
European Portuguese: por meio do qual
Latin American Spanish: mediante el {or} la cual
Chinese translation of 'whereby'
whereby
(wɛəˈbaɪ)
adv
a system whereby we ... 我们(們)借以 ... 的一种(種)制度 (wǒmen jièyǐ ... de yī zhǒng zhìdù)