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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.]

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]

bye2, bye-bye
sentence substitute
Brit 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.bye - a farewell remarkbye - a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes"
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!
bye2 [baɪ] N
1. (Sport) → bye m
to have a byepasar a la segunda eliminatoria por sorteo
2. by the byepor cierto, a propósito
bye [ˈbaɪ] exclau 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


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