via

[vahy-uh, vee-uh] /ˈvaɪ ə, ˈvi ə/
preposition
1.
by a route that touches or passes through; by way of:
to fly to Japan via the North Pole.
2.
by the agency or instrumentality of:
a solution via an inquiry.
noun
3.
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
Origin
1770-80; < Latin viā, ablative of via way
Examples from the web for via
  • The primary author index encourages tracing the evolution of quotations over time via thousands of hyperlinked footnotes.
  • He sought a via media between the purely empirical method and the deductive method.
  • Its has been confirmed truthfully via research, witnesses that the cells were taken without her consent.
  • Clues came via text message or also on paper slips hidden throughout the museum.
  • It also taught me that pancakes are more delicious when lifted via helicopter.
  • Played back via a speaker using a similar needle unit, the device could retransmit the sounds.
  • Now you can have the latest news sent to your mobile phone via text message.
  • It's then linked to an electrostatic polymer-basically a piece of flexible plastic that expands or contracts via voltage change.
  • Even so, the idea of tackling obesity via the tax system has some serious flaws.
  • It can also spread across local networks via shared folders and print spoolers.
British Dictionary definitions for via

via

/ˈvaɪə/
preposition
1.
by way of; by means of; through: to London via Paris
Word Origin
C18: from Latin viā, from via way
Word Origin and History for via
adv.

1779, from Latin via "by way of," ablative form of via "way, road, channel, course," from PIE *wegh- (see weigh).

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