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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bye¹

n

1. (Individual Sports, other than specified) Sport the situation in which a player or team in an eliminatory contest wins a preliminary round by virtue of having no opponent

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations) Golf one or more holes of a stipulated course that are left unplayed after the match has been decided

3. (Team Sports / Cricket) 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

by the bye incidentally; by the way: used as a sentence connector

[a variant of by]

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bye², bye-bye

sentence substitute

Brit 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

bye¹ [baɪ] EXCL (= goodbye) → adiós, hasta luego, chao or chau(esp LAm)
bye for now! → ¡hasta luego!

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bye² [baɪ] N

1. (Sport) → bye m
to have a bye → pasar a la segunda eliminatoria por sorteo

2. by the bye → por cierto, a propósito

bye [ˈbaɪ] excl → au revoir!, salut!
bye bye → au revoir!, salut!
bye-law [ˈbaɪlɔː]
see bylaw
by-election [ˈbaɪɪlɛkʃən] n (British) → élection f (législative) partielle

bye

interj (inf) → tschüs(s); bye for now! → bis bald!

bye [baɪ] excl (fam) (also bye-bye) → ciao!, arrivederci