bye1  /baɪ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[bahy] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun Also, by. 1. 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.
2. Golf. the holes of a stipulated course still unplayed after the match is finished.
3. Cricket. a run made on a ball not struck by the batsman.
4. something subsidiary, secondary, or out of the way.
–adjective 5. by1.
—Idiom6. by the bye, by the way; incidentally: By the bye, how do you spell your name? Also, by the by.


Main Entry: goodbye
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: farewell
Synonyms: Godspeed, adieu, bye-bye, cheerio, ciao, eighty-eights, farewell, leave-taking, parting, so long*, swan song*, toodle-oo*
Antonyms: hello