ALL meanings of bye
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B b - convention bye Bye and bye-bye are informal ways of saying goodbye. 3
- noun bye the situation in which a player or team in an eliminatory contest wins a preliminary round by virtue of having no opponent 3
- noun bye one or more holes of a stipulated course that are left unplayed after the match has been decided 3
- noun bye a run scored off a ball not struck by the batsman: allotted to the team as an extra and not to the individual batsman 3
- noun bye something incidental or secondary 3
- sentence substitute bye goodbye 3
- noun bye 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 3
- noun bye a run made on a bowled ball that the batsman does not touch 3
- adjective bye of secondary importance 3
- noun bye 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. 1
- noun bye Golf. the holes of a stipulated course still unplayed after the match is finished. 1
- noun bye Cricket. a run made on a ball not struck by the batsman. 1
- noun bye something subsidiary, secondary, or out of the way. 1
- abbreviation BYE by1 . 1
- idioms bye by the bye, by the way; incidentally: By the bye, how do you spell your name? Also, by the by. 1
- interjection bye goodbye, farewell 1
- noun bye sports: skipped round 1
- noun bye (sports) 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. 0
- noun bye (cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman. 0
- noun bye (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A dwelling. 0
- noun bye (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc. 0
- noun bye Obsolete spelling of bee. 0
- preposition bye Obsolete spelling of by. 0