bye
Meaning
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- 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 awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.
- An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
- (obsolete) A thing not directly aimed at; a secondary or subsidiary object, course, path, undertaking, issue, etc.
- An unspecified way or place.
- A pass.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/baɪ/
Etymology
Variant form of by, from Old English bī (“being near”).
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