Bye

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A secondary matter; a side issue.
  • n. Sports The position of one who draws no opponent for a round in a tournament and so advances to the next round.
  • idiom. bye By the way; incidentally.
  • interjection. Used to express farewell.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
  • n. A dwelling.
  • interjection. Goodbye.
  • preposition. Obsolete spelling of by.
  • n. Obsolete spelling of bee.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. A run made upon a missed ball.
  • n. 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.
  • n. The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match.
  • n. A dwelling.
  • n. In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See by.
  • n. See by.
  • n. See by.
  • n. See by.
  • An obsolete spelling of buy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
  • n. a farewell remark
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    aside    at    after   
    Form
    leg bye    tatty bye   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    indirectly    dwelling    run    goal    hole    beside   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ai    Alai    Ally    Bi    Bligh    Bly    Brunei    Cai    Cy    Dai