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GOOD-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 ("good-bye" is a kind of...):
farewell; word of farewell (an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting)
Context examples:
For the present, Mrs. Warren, good-bye.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And I could see Charley Furuseth, as I had said good-bye to him that morning, lounging in a dressing-gown on the be-pillowed window couch and delivering himself of oracular and pessimistic epigrams.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Good-bye, and I am very sorry that you should have been troubled over a case with which, as you say, you have nothing whatever to do.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“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 the very voice of Maple White Land bidding us good-bye.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
On the lawn where it had gathered, the little party separated with cordial good nights and good-byes, for the Vaughns were going to Canada.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
"I'm hitting the long trail, old man, where you cannot follow. Now give me a growl—the last, good, good-bye growl."
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Good-bye.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Good-bye, good-bye.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
You tell me she has wrote all, then she must consult with us; but to-morrow she say good-bye to this work, and we go alone.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
