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1. An informal farewell remark
   "We all stopped to say bye before her flight left";
   - cheers [Brit], chin-chin [Brit], toodle-oo, toodle-pip [Brit], ta-ta [Brit], ta-ra [UK], goodbye, bye-bye, good-bye [N. Amer], good-by [US], farewell, sayonara [US], so long

1. An instance of advancing to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
   "he had a bye in the first round";
   - pass
    
2. A farewell remark
   "they said their good-byes";
   - adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye-bye, cheerio [Brit], good-by [US], goodby [US], good-bye [N. Amer], goodbye, good day, sayonara [US], so long, farewell

Sounds like: buy, by, bi

Derived forms: byes

Type of: conceding, concession, farewell, word of farewell, yielding

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