Nearby Words
noun Also, by.
1.
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.
2.
Golf. the holes of a stipulated course still unplayed after the match is finished.
3.
Cricket. a run made on a ball not struck by the batsman.
4.
something subsidiary, secondary, or out of the way.
adjective
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Bye
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
6.
by the bye, by the way; incidentally: By the bye, how do you spell your name? Also, by the by.
Example Sentences
- As minutes went bye the color red appeared as if the horizon was ablaze.
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interjection
by2.
bye-
variant of by-: bye-election.
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| bye1 (baɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | sport the situation in which a player or team in an eliminatory contest wins a preliminary round by virtue of having no opponent |
| 2. | golf one or more holes of a stipulated course that are left unplayed after the match has been decided |
| 3. | cricket See also leg 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 |
| 4. | something incidental or secondary |
| 5. | by the bye incidentally; by the way: used as a sentence connector |
| [C16: a variant of | |
| bye or bye-bye2 | |
| —sentence substitute | |
| informal (Brit) goodbye | |
| bye-bye or bye-bye2 | |
| —sentence substitute | |
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Word Origin & History
bye
in sporting use, a variant of by (prep). Originally in cricket, "a run scored on a ball that is missed by the wicket-keeper" (1746); later, in other sports, "position of one who is left without a competitor when the rest have drawn pairs" (1883).
EXPANDbye
shortened form of good-bye. Reduplication bye-bye is recorded from 1709, though as a sound used to lull a child to sleep it is attested from 1630s.
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