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I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
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Meaning of "by virtue of" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BY VIRTUE OF

by virtue of play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BY VIRTUE OF

by return
by return of post
by right
by rights
by rote
by the balls
by the bye
by the dozen
by the lee
by the neck
by the same token
by the seat of one´s pants
by the skin of one´s teeth
by the vanload
by the way
by turns
by way of
by word of mouth
by your leave
by yourselves

WORDS THAT END LIKE BY VIRTUE OF

a couple of
at the expense of
because of
care of
for the love of
in case of
in charge of
in face of
in place of
in spite of
in the name of
in the nature of
make use of
more of
on the stroke of
take advantage of
take care of
take the place of
the right side of
to the tune of

Synonyms and antonyms of by virtue of in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BY VIRTUE OF»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «by virtue of» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of by virtue of

Translation of «by virtue of» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BY VIRTUE OF

Find out the translation of by virtue of to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of by virtue of from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «by virtue of» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

凭借
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en virtud de
570 millions of speakers

English

by virtue of
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

के आधार पर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بحكم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в силу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

em virtude de
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুণে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en vertu de
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menurut kuasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kraft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

おかげで
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의 미덕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dening kabecikan saka
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhờ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தகுதியினால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

च्या गुणांमुळे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sayesinde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in virtù di
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dzięki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в силу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în virtutea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυνάμει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uit hoofde van
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

i kraft av
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

i kraft av
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of by virtue of

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BY VIRTUE OF»

The term «by virtue of» is very widely used and occupies the 2.037 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BY VIRTUE OF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «by virtue of» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «by virtue of» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about by virtue of

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10 QUOTES WITH «BY VIRTUE OF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word by virtue of.
1
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
I returned to Jerusalem, and it is by virtue of Jerusalem that I have written all that God has put into my heart and into my pen.
2
Leonard Bacon
If that form of government, that system of social order is not wrong - if those laws of the Southern States, by virtue of which slavery exists there, and is what it is, are not wrong - nothing is wrong.
3
Robert Benton
I'd like to know what law is it that says that a woman is a better parent, simply by virtue of her sex.
4
Adam Braun
I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
5
J. M. Coetzee
In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
6
James H. Douglas, Jr.
By virtue of my traditions, and my community, I worked hard to ensure that I was accepted as part of the traditional family of America.
7
Ronnie Dunn
What I've learned by going out and playing smaller venues and being more in touch with people is getting feedback, just by virtue of being able to watch the crowd react and watch their faces instead of being blinded by 3,000 spotlights. I've realized that you can quickly get out of touch with your audience if you're not careful.
8
Jonathan Frakes
I think that I've been pigeon-holed by virtue of the fact that I've spent so much time in front of a green screen.
9
Robert Fulghum
I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.
10
Thomas Goodwin
Let us search into the records of Holy Writ, if out of this their great charter, there be not a seal grant of a lesser, though like privilege, and this by virtue of Christ, in that we have the honour to be accounted Abraham's seed as truly as they.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BY VIRTUE OF»

Discover the use of by virtue of in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to by virtue of and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Charity Law Handbook: 3rd edition
48, SIF 96), Sch. 6 Pt. III 38 Words added by virtue of S.I. 1962/2611, art. 1 39 Words added by virtue of S.I. 1964/703, art. 1 40 Words added by virtue of S.I. 1968/470, art. 1 41 Words added by virtue of S.I. 1982/1086, art. 2 42 Words added by ...
2
Virtue and Medicine: Explorations in the Character of Medicine
If we start to answer this by asking next what does 'virtue' mean and if we try to answer this by reference to ordinary occurrences of the word, we find that it occurs almost exclusively in the context of the idiom 'by virtue of . . . '. This expresses ...
E.E. Shelp, 1985
3
Rights, Goods, and Democracy
Universal rights are those natural rights people possess simply by virtue of their humanity, wheras nonuniversal rights are those natural rights people possess by virtue of their satisfying some condition in addition to their humanity. Thus the ...
Ramon M. Lemos, 1986
4
Imagination, Understanding, and the Virtue of Liberality
However, transcendent possibilities cannot be thus accessed and encompassed, because by virtue of the closure of the existing world, they stand as discontinuous "beyonds." I propose that such possibilities can be apprehended by the ...
David L. Norton, 1996
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Virtue of Necessity: Inconclusiveness and Narrative Form in ...
Thus, the power to feed the nation was under the control of the same merchant class whose power was growing so quickly by virtue of the industrial expansion. All of this economic strength demanded political expression as well. The merchant ...
Larry Sklute, 1984
6
The Edinburgh magazine, or Literary miscellany
We are sorry that we can spare room for only the following extract : "Let us take a view of the happy Constitution of our Public Government — i Constitution adapted equally to secure the blessings or Liberty and Religion— by virtue of which the ...
7
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
And Whereas it is expedient that the Powersgiven tothe superior Courts in Dublin respec' tively, by virtue of' an Act ... to amend the said Act of the Fifty 'third Year, . shouldbecontinued and vested in the Court established ' 'by virtue of this Act, ...
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Family Law Statutes 2012-2013
... of the child by virtue of section 35 or 36 or by virtue of section 45(2) or (3), or (ii) as a parent of the child by virtue of section 42 or 43 or by virtue of adoption, then the other party to the civil partnership is to be treated for the purpose mentioned ...
Phil Bates, 2012
9
The Gelug/Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra
If the existence and identity of things as "this" or "that" were established through their own power, by virtue of an inherent, ultimately findable self-nature — some defining, characteristic feature existing as something findable we could point to ...
Dalai Lama, Alexander Berzin, 1997
10
A Collection of the Public General Statutes Passed in the ...
And be it enacted, That the Powers and Duties of all Persons who by virtue of any Charter shall be Justices of the Peace in any of the said Boroughs named in the said Schedule (B.) shall cease on the Day on which such Body Corporate shall ...
Great Britain, 1840

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BY VIRTUE OF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term by virtue of is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Judge Explains Why He Unsealed Bill Cosby Court Documents
Robreno wrote Monday that the case "is not about the Defendant's status as a public person by virtue of the exercise of his trade as a televised ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
2
Former taxi driver sentenced to prison
“Mr. Rollman, you are standing here looking at a sentence of 10 years instead of 20 for killing someone by virtue of nothing but sheer dumb luck ... «Laramie Boomerang, Jul 15»
3
The meaning of redemption
... whether by law or simply by virtue of social or historical prestige. I would add, though, that the powers which need to be told hard truths are by ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
4
All-Star party: Bumgarner, Crawford, Panik join Posey on NL team
Bochy, the All-Star manager by virtue of the Giants reaching the World Series, was most thrilled to give the news to Panik, a key member of the ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
5
Lifetime renews the shockingly great 'UnREAL'
When it debuted earlier this summer, "UnREAL" was already a pleasant surprise, by virtue of being a compelling and nuanced drama airing on ... «HitFix, Jul 15»
6
Are journalists lowballing the number of Iraqi war dead?
But by virtue of being the go-to source for news desks looking to cite the latest numbers, IBC took up a disproportionately great part of the ... «Columbia Journalism Review, Jul 15»
7
First half of the Mariners' season has been frustrating, but there's still …
The return of Hisashi Iwakuma on Monday was not the boost it could have been, by virtue of four (solo) homers allowed in five-plus innings. «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
8
Northern Kentucky Men's Amateur championship under way
Defending champion Paul Huber, a recent Covington Catholic graduate heading to the University of Cincinnati, is the top seed by virtue of last ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
9
Sack NPA boss Asaga; Dissolve board – Group
“When this is done, we believe that by virtue of their status as opposition figures, there would have empathy towards Ghanaians and review the ... «Starr 103.5 FM, Jul 15»
10
The Catholic church needn't wait for a national redress scheme. It …
First, by virtue of its size, the scale of child sexual abuse within the Catholic church is extraordinary. We will never know precise numbers; the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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