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English Dictionary: Bye by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bye
n
  1. you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
    Synonym(s): bye, pass
  2. a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes"
    Synonym(s): adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bye \Bye\, n.
      1. 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; as, to draw
            a bye in a round of a tennis tournament.
  
      2. (Golf) The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining
            unplayed at the end of a match.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bye \Bye\ (b[imac]), n.
      1. 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. [Obs. except in the phrase by the bye.]
  
                     The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the
                     discipline of the Church of England.   --Fuller.
  
      2. (Cricket) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a
            bye. --T. Hughes.
  
      {By the bye}, in passing; by way of digression; apropos to
            the matter in hand. [Written also {by the by}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bye \Bye\ (b[imac]) n. [AS. b[ymac]; cf. Icel. byg[edh]
      dwelling, byggja, b[umac]a, to dwell [root]97.]
      1. A dwelling. --Gibson.
  
      2. In certain games, a station or place of an individual
            player. --Emerson.
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