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bye

1

[ bahy ]

noun

  1. Sports. in a tournament, the preferential status of a player or team not paired with a competitor in an early round and thus automatically advanced to play in the next round:

    The top three seeded players received byes in the first round.

  2. Golf. the holes of a stipulated course still unplayed after the match is finished.
  3. Cricket. a run made on a ball not struck by the batsman.
  4. something subsidiary, secondary, or out of the way.


adjective

  1. by.

bye

2

[ bahy ]

interjection

bye-

3
  1. variant of by-:

    bye-election.

bye

1

sentence substitute

  1. informal.
    goodbye
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


bye

2

/ baɪ /

noun

  1. sport the situation in which a player or team in an eliminatory contest wins a preliminary round by virtue of having no opponent
  2. golf one or more holes of a stipulated course that are left unplayed after the match has been decided
  3. cricket a run scored off a ball not struck by the batsman: allotted to the team as an extra and not to the individual batsman See also leg bye
  4. something incidental or secondary
  5. by the bye
    incidentally; by the way: used as a sentence connector
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bye1

1710–20; variant spelling of by in its noun sense “side way”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bye1

C16: a variant of by
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. by the bye, by the way; incidentally: Also by the by.

    By the bye, how do you spell your name?

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Example Sentences

The bye bye is being sung, incidentally, by mothers to their babies condemned to death by King Herod.

Her very first performance onstage came at the age of 4, when she cameoed as a dancing flower in the musical Bye Bye Birdie.

“Good bye boys, I die a true American,” were his last words, according to the headstone.

I never knew how long he would last before he said, “Okay, bye.”

They were calling out to family and friends, asking if there was anything that could be done, and in some cases, saying good-bye.

Here were the sources (in part) of the Po and of the Rhine, but I was rather in haste to bid the former good-bye.

"Yes," said Punch, lifted up in his father's arms to wave good-bye.

Good-bye, then, Miss Warrender; parting is such sweet sorrow, I e'en could say good-bye until to-morrow.

You had better go to him, Dolly, and bid him good bye, before he takes the team to the field.

Colonial charters were, however, "undoubtedly no more than those of all corporations, which empower them to make bye-laws."

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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