bye

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.

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[From by.]

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bye ²  (b)

interj.

Used to express farewell.

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[Short for goodbye.]

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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]

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bye ² or bye-bye

interj

Informal goodbye

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bye - you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round" pass conceding, concession, yielding - the act of conceding or yielding
	2.	bye - a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, cheerio, good day, good-by, good-bye, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long farewell, word of farewell - an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

Translations

bye [ˈbaɪ], bye-bye [ˈbaɪˈbaɪ] excl → au revoir!, salut!

bye [ˈbaɪ], bye-bye [ˈbaɪˈbaɪ] excl → (auf) Wiedersehen, tschüss (inf)

bye [ˈbaɪ], bye-bye [ˈbaɪˈbaɪ] excl → ciao!, arrivederci!