Dictionary Definition
bye
Noun
1 you advance to the next round in a tournament
without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
[syn: pass]
2 a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes"
[syn: adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf
wiedersehen, au revoir,
bye-bye,
cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day,
sayonara, so long]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round
unopposed, or is
awarded points for a
win in a league
table; also the phantom opponent of such a
person or team.
- Craig's Crew plays the bye next week.
- An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
Interjection
- Shortened form of goodbye.
See also
Translations
short for goodbye
- Bambara: a k'an be
- Danish: farvel
- Dutch: doei, dag
- Finnish: näkemiin
- Filipino: paalam
- French: salut
- German: tschüss
- Greek: γειά (yá)
- Icelandic: bæ
- Indonesian: sampai
- Italian: ciao
- Japanese: では (dewa), じゃあ (jā)
- Lithuanian: iki
- Maltese: ċaw
- Portuguese: tchau
- Romanian: pa
- Russian: пока (poká)
- Slovenian: adijo, čao
- Spanish: adiós
Extensive Definition
Bye may refer to:
- Bye (cricket), a special type of run scored in the game of cricket
- Bye (sports), when a player or team is allowed to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing
- Goodbye, a traditional farewell phrase
- A surname, originally meaning to live on a bend of a road or river
- "Bye," a song by Elliott Smith from his 2000 album Figure 8