bye

¹

[ bahy ]

noun

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.

adjective

1. by.

bye

²

[ bahy ]

interjection

1. goodbye ( def 1 ).

bye-

³

1. variant of by-:

   bye-election.

bye

¹

sentence substitute

1. informal.
   goodbye

bye

²

/ baɪ /

noun

1. sport the situation in which a player or team in an eliminatory contest wins a preliminary round by virtue of having no opponent
2. golf one or more holes of a stipulated course that are left unplayed after the match has been decided
3. 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
4. something incidental or secondary
5. by the bye
   incidentally; by the way: used as a sentence connector

Word History and Origins

Origin of bye¹

1710–20; variant spelling of by in its noun sense “side way”

Word History and Origins

Origin of bye¹

C16: a variant of by

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. by the bye, by the way; incidentally: Also by the by.

   By the bye, how do you spell your name?

Example Sentences

Jayden Maiava will get his first start for USC when the Trojans return from their bye to host Nebraska on Nov. 16, according to a person familiar with the decision but not authorized to speak publicly.

From Los Angeles Times

She finished her video with "Bye Ma", adding: "Frank, get the door" - a reference to Ms Godley's famed voice overs of Nicola Sturgeon.

From BBC

The second seed, who was given a bye in the first round, will face France's Ugo Humbert or American Marcos Giron in the last 16.

From BBC

Under a different playoff format that earned New England a first-round bye that was extended further by an international break and after being idled for three weeks, the Revolution were eliminated from the playoffs on penalty kicks in their first game.

From Los Angeles Times

But in an Instagram post, she revealed: "It’s my birthday and my car got stolen with all my song writing books in the boot so no second album any time soon love you bye."

From BBC