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BYE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A farewell remark
Example:
they said their good-byes
Synonyms:
adieu; adios; arrivederci; au revoir; auf wiedersehen; bye; bye-bye; cheerio; good-by; good-bye; good day; goodby; goodbye; sayonara; so long
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("bye" is a kind of...):
farewell; word of farewell (an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
Example:
he had a bye in the first round
Synonyms:
bye; pass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("bye" is a kind of...):
conceding; concession; yielding (the act of conceding or yielding)
Context examples:
‘Then, good-bye, Mr. Jabez Wilson, and let me congratulate you once more on the important position which you have been fortunate enough to gain.’
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For the present, Mrs. Warren, good-bye.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“By the bye,” said Frank Churchill to Mrs. Weston presently, “what became of Mr. Perry's plan of setting up his carriage?”
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
“By the bye,” said he, “there was a letter handed in to-day: what was the messenger like?”
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Good-bye to the HISPANIOLA; good-bye to the squire, the doctor, and the captain!
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Soon after the second breakfast, Edmund bade them good-bye for a week, and mounted his horse for Peterborough, and then all were gone.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
“Very good. Time’s up. Good-bye!”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Come, Miss Marianne, let us strike hands upon the bargain, and if Miss Dashwood will change her mind by and bye, why so much the better.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
“Then good-bye to the ancient and powerful town of Lepe,” quoth Ford, whose lightness of tongue could at times rise above his awe of Sir Nigel.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was my friend Mrs Rooke; Nurse Rooke; who, by-the-bye, had a great curiosity to see you, and was delighted to be in the way to let you in.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
