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

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

Foster said closing out games and coming out of halftime with a flourish were among the things his team would work on during the bye week.

From Los Angeles Times

“The bye week came at a decent time for me personally, and some other guys on our team too as far as physical health goes,” Stafford said.

From Los Angeles Times

This year, the Dodgers spent the money, earned a first-round bye, and advanced.

From Los Angeles Times

Coming out of Week 6 bye, can coach Sean McVay devise a workable plan to once again turn around a Rams team on the brink of falling out of the playoff race?

From Los Angeles Times