bye
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Variant form of by, from Old English bī (being near).
Noun[edit]
bye (plural byes)
- The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.
- Craig's Crew plays the bye next week.
- (cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
- (obsolete) A dwelling.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gibson to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), new edition, London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, OCLC 913056315:
- The Synod of Dort in some points condemneth, upon the by, even the discipline of the Church of England.
- (card games) A pass.
Derived terms[edit]
- (cricket): leg bye
Etymology 2[edit]
Shortened form of goodbye.
Interjection[edit]
bye
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Greenlandic: baj
Translations[edit]
short for goodbye — See also translations at goodbye
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Etymology 3[edit]
Alternative forms.
Preposition[edit]
bye
- Obsolete spelling of by
Noun[edit]
bye
- Obsolete spelling of bee
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Noun[edit]
bye
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
bye !
- bye
- Allez bye ! À la revoyure.
Mauritian Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
bye
Synonyms[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
bye
- A ring or torque; a bracelet.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
- And Kynge Arthure gaff hir a ryche bye of golde; and so she departed.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
Yola[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English boye.
Noun[edit]
bye
References[edit]
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, →ISBN
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