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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BYE, n. A dwelling.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round" [syn: bye, pass]
2: a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" [syn: adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: alteration of ²by Date: 1883 the position of a participant in a tournament who advances to the next round without playing

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. 1 Cricket a run scored from a ball that passes the batsman without being hit. 2 the status of an unpaired competitor in a sport, who proceeds to the next round as if having won. 3 Golf one or more holes remaining unplayed after the match has been decided. Phrases and idioms: by the bye = by the by. leg-bye Cricket a run scored from a ball that touches the batsman. Etymology: BY as noun 2. int. colloq. = GOODBYE. Etymology: abbr.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bye Bye, n. 1. In various sports in which the contestants are drawn in pairs, the position or turn of one left with no opponent in consequence of an odd number being engaged; as, to draw a bye in a round of a tennis tournament. 2. (Golf) The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bye Bye (b[imac]), n. 1. A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication. [Obs. except in the phrase by the bye.] The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the discipline of the Church of England. --Fuller. 2. (Cricket) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye. --T. Hughes. By the bye, in passing; by way of digression; apropos to the matter in hand. [Written also by the by.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bye Bye (b[imac]) n. [AS. b[=y]; cf. Icel. byg[eth] dwelling, byggja, b[=u]a, to dwell [root]97.] 1. A dwelling. --Gibson. 2. In certain games, a station or place of an individual player. --Emerson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Bye and bye-bye are informal ways of saying goodbye. CONVENTION