bye

1
[ bahy ]
/ baɪ /

noun Also by.

Sports. in a tournament, the preferential status of a player or team not paired with a competitor in an early round and thus automatically advanced to play in the next round: The top three seeded players received byes in the first round.
Golf. the holes of a stipulated course still unplayed after the match is finished.
Cricket. a run made on a ball not struck by the batsman.
something subsidiary, secondary, or out of the way.

adjective

by1.

Idioms for bye

    by the bye, by the way; incidentally: By the bye, how do you spell your name? Also by the by.

Origin of bye

1
1710–20; variant spelling of by1 in its noun sense “side way”

Definition for bye (2 of 4)

bye 2

or by

[ bahy ]
/ baɪ /

interjection

Definition for bye (3 of 4)

by 2

or bye

[ bahy ]
/ baɪ /

interjection

goodbye: By now, come again sometime!

Origin of by

2
by shortening

Definition for bye (4 of 4)

bye-

variant of by-: bye-election.

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British Dictionary definitions for bye (1 of 4)

bye 1
/ (baɪ) /

noun

sport the situation in which a player or team in an eliminatory contest wins a preliminary round by virtue of having no opponent
golf one or more holes of a stipulated course that are left unplayed after the match has been decided
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
something incidental or secondary
by the bye incidentally; by the way: used as a sentence connector

Word Origin for bye

C16: a variant of by

British Dictionary definitions for bye (2 of 4)

bye 2

bye-bye


sentence substitute

British informal goodbye

British Dictionary definitions for bye (3 of 4)

by 1
/ (baɪ) /

preposition

adverb

noun plural byes

a variant spelling of bye 1

Word Origin for by

Old English bī; related to Gothic bi, Old High German , Sanskrit abhi to, towards

British Dictionary definitions for bye (4 of 4)

by 2

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