Meaning

6 senses
  1. 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.

    an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

  2. An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.

  3. (Scotland)An unspecified way or place.

  4. A pass.

  5. A command to exit a session.

  6. (obsolete)A thing not directly aimed at; a secondary or subsidiary object, course, path, undertaking, issue, etc.

Examples

88 sentences
  1. She walked away without saying good bye.

    Вона пішла, не попрощавшися. — deniko

    ruОна ушла, не попрощавшись. — zaytsev126

  2. He went out without saying good-bye.

    Він пішов, не попрощавшись. — rozmaita

    deEr ging hinaus, ohne auf Wiedersehen zu sagen. — wolfgangth

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  3. I really must say good-bye.

  4. He said good-bye for good.

    ruОн навсегда попрощался. — Lenin_1917

    deEr sagte ein endgültiges Adé. — Dejo

  5. He didn't even say good-bye.

    ruОн даже не попрощался. — Selena777

Origin

Variant form of by, from Old English bī (“being near”).

Variant form of by, from Old English bī (“being near”).

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Forms

plural: byes
Singularbye
Pluralbyes

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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