goodbye
or good-bye
farewell (a conventional expression used at parting).
a farewell.
Origin of goodbye
1- Sometimes good·by, good-by .
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How to use goodbye in a sentence
Parker said her good-byes, and as most of the group went back upstairs to the set, Spitzer lingered.
Eliot Spitzer's Nasty CNN Parting Shot to Kathleen Parker | Nick Summers | February 28, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTI slipped away quietly, before the chapel bell had begun to ring, avoiding all 21 tender good-byes.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton"And me," the boys answered, and with good-byes were off on the winding road up the hill.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer MyersThe pleasant good-byes over, Paul and I started away in the direction of Chili, which we reached about noon.
Ocean to Ocean on Horseback | Willard GlazierIt was like a second closing of the scholastic year; the good-byes were now ringing fast and furious.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska | Charles Warren Stoddard
Reluctant good-byes were given to all the professors, class-mates, and many townspeople, who were fond of him.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment | Charles E. Bolton
British Dictionary definitions for goodbye
/ (ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ) /
farewell: a conventional expression used at leave-taking or parting with people and at the loss or rejection of things or ideas
a leave-taking; parting: they prolonged their goodbyes for a few more minutes
a farewell: they said goodbyes to each other
Origin of goodbye
1Collins 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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