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Definitions for Bye

[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.
[5] by1.
[6] by the bye , by the way; incidentally: By the bye, how do you spell your name? Also by the by .
[7] goodbye.
[8] goodbye: By now, come again sometime!
[9] variant of by-: bye-election.
[10] sport the situation in which a player or team in an eliminatory contest wins a preliminary round by virtue of having no opponent
[11] golf one or more holes of a stipulated course that are left unplayed after the match has been decided
[12] cricket a run scored off a ball not struck by the batsman: allotted to the team as an extra and not to the individual batsman See also leg bye
[13] something incidental or secondary
[14] by the bye incidentally; by the way: used as a sentence connector
[15] British informal goodbye
[16] used to indicate the agent after a passive verb seeds eaten by the birds
[17] used to indicate the person responsible for a creative work this song is by Schubert
[18] via; through enter by the back door
[19] followed by a gerund to indicate a means used he frightened her by hiding behind the door
[20] beside; next to; near a tree by the house
[21] passing the position of; past he drove by the old cottage
[22] not later than; before return the books by Tuesday
[23] used to indicate extent, after a comparative it is hotter by five degrees than it was yesterday
[24] (esp in oaths) invoking the name of I swear by all the gods
[25] multiplied by four by three equals twelve
[26] (in habitual sentences) during the passing of (esp in the phrases by day , by night )
[27] placed between measurements of the various dimensions of something a plank fourteen inches by seven
[28] near the house is close by
[29] away; aside he put some money by each week for savings
[30] passing a point near something; past he drove by
[31] Scot past; over and done with that's a' by now
[32] Scot aside; behind one you must put that by you
[33] a variant spelling of bye 1
[34] Belarus

Words related to Bye

adieu, adios, arrivederci, bye-bye, cheerio, sayonara

Words nearby Bye

byam shaw, byatt, byblos, byde, bydgoszcz, bye, bye-, bye-blow, bye-bye, bye-byes, byelaw

Origin of Bye

2by shortening

Word origin for Bye

Old English bī; related to Gothic bi , Old High German bī , Sanskrit abhi to, towards

Synonyms for Bye

adieu, adios, arrivederci, bye-bye, cheerio, good day, sayonara, so long