thereby ●●●○○
Oxford CEFR | C1ACADEMICFORMAL
there‧by /ðeəˈbaɪ, ˈðeəbaɪ $ ðerˈbaɪ, ˈðer-/ adverb
there‧by AC /ðeəˈbaɪ, ˈðeəbaɪ $ ðerˈbaɪ, ˈðer-/
adverb formal with the result that something else happens
thereby doing something
He became a citizen in 1978, thereby gaining the right to vote. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲