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bye 1 also by  (b)
n.
1. A secondary matter; a side issue.
2. Sports The position of one who draws no opponent for a round in a tournament and so advances to the next round.
Idiom:
by the bye/by
By the way; incidentally.

[From by.]

bye 2  (b)
interj.
Used to express farewell.

[Short for goodbye.]

bye 1
Noun
1. Sport status of a player or team who wins a preliminary round by virtue of having no opponent
2. Cricket a run scored off a ball not struck by the batsman
3. by the bye incidentally; by the way [variant of by]

bye 2 or bye-bye
interj
Informal goodbye
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bye - you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
conceding, concession, yielding - the act of conceding or yielding
2.byebye - a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes"
farewell, word of farewell - an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
Translations
bye [ˈbaɪ], bye-bye [ˈbaɪˈbaɪ] exclau revoir!, salut!
bye [ˈbaɪ], bye-bye [ˈbaɪˈbaɪ] excl(auf) Wiedersehen, tschüss (inf)
bye [ˈbaɪ], bye-bye [ˈbaɪˈbaɪ] exclciao!, arrivederci!


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His astonishment was a delightful testimony to your reputation, by the bye.
"Jawn," she said, sentimentally, "Missis Murphy's little bye is lost.
In a gallery a band with cymbals, horns, harps, and other horrors, opened the proceedings with what seemed to be the crude first-draft or original agony of the wail known to later centuries as "In the Sweet Bye and Bye.
 
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