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)

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

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

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 …

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

Oct 31, 2025 · bye (plural byes) 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 …

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 …

Bye definition: A secondary matter; a side issue.