The meaning of BYE is the position of a participant in a tournament who advances to the next round without playing. How to use bye in a sentence.

/ bɑɪ / Add to word list short form of goodbye (Definition of bye from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

bye 1 (baɪ) n. Also, by. 1. (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. …

Bye and bye-bye are informal ways of saying goodbye. Let's next time say bye at the door. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

If you say, "Bye!" you mean "farewell" or "so long." In other words, bye is a shorter way to say, "Goodbye."

Sep 28, 2025 · Variant form of by, from Old English bī (“being near”). bye (plural byes) Craig's Crew plays the bye next week. The Patriots were in the unique situation of having to play 16 …

The words by and bye may sound the same, but they have entirely different meanings and usages. By is generally used as a preposition or adverb, indicating the proximity, means, or …

Definition of bye exclamation in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

bye1 /baɪ/ n. [countable]Also, by. Sport a secondary matter. incidentally. good-bye. bye1 (bī), n. Also, by. Sport in a tournament, the preferential status of a player or team not paired with a …

You’re not really wishing someone a good ‘bye.’ ‘Bye’ is just an abbreviation—and ‘good’ is sort of a mistake.