GOODBYES

Specialty Definition: GOODBYES

Domain	Definition
Slang	Noun. Source: Standard English: good bye. Ritual is ancient in origin. Definition: To say good bye and see someone off. Context: Refers to an entire parting ritual with fairly strict steps and traditional scripting. Usually takes place outdoors and can take up to an hour . Social Source: Smith Clan. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
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Synonym: GOODBYES

Synonym: Farewells. (additional references)

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Modern Usage: GOODBYES

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	The best goodbyes are short. (The Maltese Falcon; writing credit: John Huston) I just didn't want to say goodbye tonightno goodbyes. (Laughter on the 23rd Floor; writing credit: Neil Simon;)
Lyrics	And it's much too late for goodbyes (Too Late For Goodbyes; performing artist: Julian Lennon) Say goodbyes (WHERE HAVE ALL THE COWBOYS GONE?; performing artist: Paula Cole) Sara, Sara, no time is a good time for goodbyes (Sara; performing artist: Starship) And all its sad goodbyes. (Careless Whisper; performing artist: Wham!)
Song Titles	Too Late For Goodbyes (performing artist: Julian Lennon)
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Commercial Usage: GOODBYES

Domain	Title
Books	Year of Impossible Goodbyes (reference) I Hate Goodbyes! (Szaj, Kathleen C. Tales for Loving Children.) (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: GOODBYES

"GOODBYES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "GOODBYES" is used about 68 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	100%	68	40,606

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: GOODBYES

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "GOODBYES": hello-and-goodbyes.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: GOODBYES

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
goodbyes	25
year of impossible goodbyes	11
goodbyes quote	11
goodbyes saddest word	8
goodbyes poem	6
goodbyes little	5
goodbyes graduation	5
goodbyes julian late lennon lyrics too	4
by choi goodbyes impossible nyul sook year	3
celine dion goodbyes	3
goodbyes lyrics saddest word	3
famous goodbyes	3
goodbyes little lyrics	3
celine dion goodbyes lyrics saddest word	3
goodbyes song	2
goodbyes poetry	2
funny goodbyes	2
beautiful goodbyes	2
goodbyes lyrics	2
goodbyes impossible summary year	2
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Misspellings: GOODBYES

Misspellings
	"GOODBYES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: goodbyer. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "GOODBYES"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "GOODBYES" (pronounced guh'dbī"z)
3	-b ī" z	bise, buys.
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Anagrams: GOODBYES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-g-o-o-s-y"
	-1 letter: boogeys, goodbye, goodbys.
	-2 letters: bogeys, boogey, dogeys, goboes, goodby, goosed, goosey.
	-3 letters: bodes, bogey, booed, boogy, boyos, doges, dogey, gobos, goods, goody, gooey, goose, goosy, gybed, gybes, obeys, oboes, sedgy, sooey.
	-4 letters: beds, begs, beys, bode, bods, body, bogs, bogy, boos, boyo, boys, byes, debs, deys, doby, does, doge, dogs, dogy, dose, dyes, edgy.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-g-o-o-s-y"
	+5 letters: gobbledygooks.
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