bye A1 Topic:Verbs of Movement US /baɪ/ See IPA manual Homophones buy /baɪ/ by /baɪ/ Minimal pairs Sounds like vie /v/ vs /b/ Freq #501 Meanings 1 intj Used to say goodbye. Bye, see you tomorrow! 2 noun A way of saying goodbye. They waved and said their goodbyes at the door. 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 AI details Variant form of by, from Old English bī (“being near”). bī Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Verbs of Movement External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bye **Type:** Word **Level:** A1 **Part of speech:** intj, noun **IPA (US):** /baɪ/ **Frequency rank:** 501 ## Meanings 1. Used to say goodbye. 2. A way of saying goodbye. 3. In a competition, a free pass to the next round without playing. ## Examples - Bye, see you tomorrow! - They waved and said their goodbyes at the door. - Our team had a bye in the first round of the tournament. ## Derived Forms - badbye - bye-bye - bye-letter - bye-workman - cheery-bye - kthxbye - rockabye ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bī ## Etymology Variant form of by, from Old English bī (“being near”). ## AI Etymology Bye is a variant form of by, from Old English bī (“being near”). ## Topics - Verbs of Movement markdown