bye
bye
Definition
bye (bī)
noun
- something incidental or secondary
- the privilege, granted a contestant in a tournament with, typically, an uneven number of participants, of not being paired with another contestant in the first round
- Cricket a run made on a bowled ball that the batsman does not touch
Etymology: var. of by
adjective
of secondary importance
by the bye
incidentally
bye
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- say: Never mind, must say bye now, the bottle of wine in the kitchen is calling.
- fly: You'd say things like, " Wow, that workweek really flew bye.
- wave: I think that we will be waving bye bye to them.
- receive: Thanks to this they received a bye in the first round of the knockout plate.
- go: People like you are relics from a bye gone era.
- get: What are the chances of the league winners getting a bye in the first KO round?
Preposition: in
- round: Players may request a ½ point bye in any round.
Adjective modifier
- good: Good bye my dearest, my lovely boy, Did a wicked father your hopes destroy?
- reasonable: She is very good at shouting mommy and Daddy, a reasonable bye bye and ook.
- first: Cash prizes, plus first byes in next Main knockout entered.
Modifies a noun
- law: Failure to comply with bye laws is a criminal offense.
- election: At last night's bye election for the Milton ward seat, Labor lost the seat to the SNP.
- everyone: Ann Parr: Thank you Don - very helpful Valerie Brown-Beckford: Bye everyone.
- line: Scott Wilson slipped under pressure, allowing Samuel to cut along the bye line.
- week: Fantasy football owners need to keep an eye on which players could make a significant impact especially during the bye weeks.
- bye-law: On the coming into operation of these bye bye-laws The Poetry Cubicle welcomes the world to borrow more poetry books.
Noun used with modifier
- leg: A scrambled leg bye was enough to give Neston a truly superb victory.
- wave: United wave bye bye to Maritimo - Matt Reeder Copy from Yorkshire Evening Post of 28/09/2001.
- thank: Me: thanks bye edit: but i love my job and everyone is really nice.
- round: In the women's event, the top two seeds Nicol David and Rachael Grinham made their debuts after first round byes.
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