US /baɪ/
noun adj intj Freq #501

Meanings

  1. 1
    intj

    Used to say goodbye.

    Bye, see you tomorrow!

  2. 2
    noun

    A way of saying goodbye.

    They waved and said their goodbyes at the door.

  3. 3
    noun

    In a competition, a free pass to the next round without playing.

    Our team had a bye in the first round of the tournament.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 noun · in a competition, a free... pass
Word family
Derived forms badbyebye-byebye-letterbye-workmancheery-byekthxbyerockabye

Etymology

Variant form of by, from Old English bī (“being near”).

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