goodbye
or good-bye
[goo d-bahy]
- farewell (a conventional expression used at parting).
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- a farewell.
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Origin of goodbye
First recorded in 1565–75; contraction of God be with ye
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Examples from the Web for goodbye
Contemporary Examples
Say goodbye to fighting grandma over whether to watch The Good Wife or The Walking Dead come Christmas Night.
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Never Can Say Goodbye also addresses what happens when the romantic notion dissipates.
It was almost like a 'goodbye' in case she isn't Queen of the United Kingdom when she goes to Crathie Church next Sunday.
In those countries they feel very strongly about being able to say goodbye to their ancestors.
With tears in their eyes, the friends hug each other goodbye.
Historical Examples
The court-yard received them at last, and there he said goodbye to Little Dorrit.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
Then goodbye, O, international laws, with your customs and rules.
Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863Adam Gurowski
After this visit the Czar went to say goodbye to the King at the Tuileries.
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, CompleteDuc de Saint-Simon
She combed his hair, said goodbye, and wiped a little drool.
FreeChildrenStories.com CollectionDaniel Errico
Goodbye, hand, you're leaving me the way my legs did, he told it.
Death of a SpacemanWalter M. Miller
goodbye
- farewell: a conventional expression used at leave-taking or parting with people and at the loss or rejection of things or ideas
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- a leave-taking; partingthey prolonged their goodbyes for a few more minutes
- a farewellthey said goodbyes to each other
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Word Origin
C16: contraction of God be with ye
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