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)

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 …

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

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. …

“See you later.” “OK. Bye now.” She got a bye into the second round of the tennis tournament.

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

Oct 31, 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 …

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 …

In the traditional and more common usage, a bye is the practice of allowing a player or team to advance to the next round of a single-elimination tournament without playing.