American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A secondary matter; a side issue.
- n. Sports The position of one who draws no opponent for a round in a tournament and so advances to the next round.
- idiom. bye By the way; incidentally.
- interj. Used to express farewell.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. sports 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.
- n. cricket An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
- n. obsolete A dwelling.
- interj. colloquial Goodbye.
- prep. Obsolete spelling of by.
- n. Obsolete spelling of bee.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Obs. except in the phrase by the bye. A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in
onor upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication.
- n. (Cricket) A run made upon a missed ball.
- n. In various sports in which the contestants are drawn in pairs, the position or turn of one left with no opponent in consequence of an odd number being engaged.
- n. (Golf) The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match.
- n. A dwelling.
- n. In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.
- n. you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- n. a farewell remark
- Variant form of by, from Old English bī (being near). (Wiktionary)
- From by1.Short for goodbye. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
“♫♫ Let the circle be unbroken, by & by Lord, bye& bye ♫♫”
“In Marshallese, the language of Bikini Atoll, hello and bye alike are conveyed in the word kwe, which also means love.i In English, the expression bye was once similarly fulsome: God be with you.”
“During the first hour I felt pain, but during the rest of the evening pride kindly came to my assistance and from that moment instead of feeling myself little, I grew to a most noble and patagonian  nature, from which I could scarcely reduce myself for many days after; and which enabled me at the moment to turn a deaf ear to the contended merits of Demosthenes and Cicero, the Borhavians in medicine, and the &c &c &c &c — and to set and compose verses 'to my Old Oak table', which by the bye is a far better companion to me, as I will make appear, than Dr. A and his son put together.”
“February 11th, 2010 at 6: 42 pm tombaker says: mr. bye bye is ruled by fear. what a shame.”
“An acceptance to an anthology and a personal good-bye from a person who moved away instead of just an invite to the going away party.”
“One was essentially an obituary, a fond and sympathetic good-bye from a fellow writer who admired his talent and thought of him as a friend.”
“Saying good bye is really really really really really really hard but its a little bit easier the more hugs you give and if you know you will see them again … Soon Durnit!”
“• Maybe a playoff bye is like key lime pie: looks great, but not necessarily good for you.”
“JSO .clever use of spelling there - Maggie I am delighted that you call bye and comment I love your blog and so enjoy your style”
“Harpa waving good-bye from the dock brought tears to my eyes — never mind that I knew she had been yelling, "Ragnar, take your damn lithium pills or I von't haf sex vith you!”
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