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# bye

interjection (bye, bye-bye); noun (a bye, byes)

«bye» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Bye is a short, friendly way to say goodbye. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bye/#m1)
2. In sport, a bye is when a team or player goes on to the next round without playing because there is no opponent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bye/#m2)
3. In cricket, a bye is a run scored when the ball passes the batter without being hit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bye/#m3)
4. By and bye is an old phrase meaning after a while or soon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bye/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and manners, bye is said when leaving or ending a phone call; bye-bye is often said to small children. Phrases: bye for now, bye-bye, say bye, by the way (different word).

### Examples

- Bye, see you tomorrow! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bye/#x1)
- Say bye-bye to Grandma. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bye/#x2)
- Bye for now! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bye/#x3)
- She waved and said bye. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bye/#x4)
- Our team got a bye into the next round. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bye/#x5)
- The batters ran two byes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bye/#x6)
- Bye, Mum, I'm going to school! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bye/#x7)
- By and bye he called again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bye/#x8)

### Note

Homophones: bye (goodbye), by (next to, or done by), buy (pay for). Bye is informal; goodbye is a bit more polite. Bye-bye is used mostly with young children.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bye» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bye/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bye» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bye.html) on Mova free.