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bye
1[bahy]
noun
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.
Golf.the holes of a stipulated course still unplayed after the match is finished.
Cricket.a run made on a ball not struck by the batsman.
something subsidiary, secondary, or out of the way.
adjective
by.
bye
2[bahy]
interjection
bye-
3variant of by-.
bye-election.
bye
1/ ɪ /
noun
sport the situation in which a player or team in an eliminatory contest wins a preliminary round by virtue of having no opponent
golf one or more holes of a stipulated course that are left unplayed after the match has been decided
cricket a run scored off a ball not struck by the batsman: allotted to the team as an extra and not to the individual batsman See also leg bye
something incidental or secondary
incidentally; by the way: used as a sentence connector
bye
2informalgoodbye
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bye1
Idioms and Phrases
by the bye, by the way; incidentally: Also by the by
By the bye, how do you spell your name?
Example Sentences
At one stage an overthrow gave away five leg byes and even the numbers on the back of the tourists' iconic maroon shirts and jumpers were a random mix of yellow and blue.
"Next time, it's 'bye bye' if these people do not do their job," the analyst says.
The NFL season is spread over 18 weeks, with each team playing 17 games and having one bye week.
The pairings will be released on Monday, and Corona is expected to have a first-round bye when the playoffs begin on Thursday.
Price is up to third after receiving a bye in the quarters following Michael van Gerwen's withdrawal with a shoulder injury.
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