BYE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bye mean? 

• BYE (noun)
  The noun BYE has 2 senses:

1. an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

2. a farewell remark

  Familiarity information: BYE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BYE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bye; pass

Context example:

he had a bye in the first round

Hypernyms ("bye" is a kind of...):

conceding; concession; yielding (the act of conceding or yielding)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A farewell remark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

adieu; adios; arrivederci; au revoir; auf wiedersehen; bye; bye-bye; cheerio; good-by; good-bye; good day; goodby; goodbye; sayonara; so long

Context example:

they said their good-byes

Hypernyms ("bye" is a kind of...):

farewell; word of farewell (an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting)

 Context examples 

No, but I'll save you some little cakies for breakfast, if you'll go bye-bye like Daisy.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

There's the last bell for letters, and it's good-bye to the pilot.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I can't come back, my dear," called Oz from the basket. "Good-bye!"

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"I'm hitting the long trail, old man, where you cannot follow. Now give me a growl—the last, good, good-bye growl."

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Well, we came to the old boat again in good time at night; and there Mr. and Mrs. Barkis bade us good-bye, and drove away snugly to their own home.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Good-bye, Lucifer, proud spirit,” Maud whispered, so low that it was drowned by the shouting of the wind; but I saw the movement of her lips and knew.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Then you and I must bid good-bye for a little while?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

You tell me she has wrote all, then she must consult with us; but to-morrow she say good-bye to this work, and we go alone.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Good-bye, and I trust that we shall have nothing but good news from you.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Good-bye, and I am very sorry that you should have been troubled over a case with which, as you say, you have nothing whatever to do.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)