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thereby

 
 
pronunciation:
theIr baI [or] theIr baI
part of speech: adverb
definition 1: as a result of that; by that means.
She studied for an hour, thereby making sure she was ready for the test.
definition 2: connected with that.
We must try to keep working together because thereby depends our success.