Bye

Definition: Bye

Bye

Adjective

1. Minor or subordinate; `by' is often used in combination; "a side interest"; "a by (or bye) effect"; "only a by comment"; "by-election"; "bye-election"; "a by-product"; "by-play".

Noun

1. You advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round".

2. A farewell remark; "they said their good-byes".

Date "bye" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Note: Bye \Bye\ (b[imac]), noun. 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. [Obsolete except in the phrase by the bye.]. (references)

Synonyms: Bye

Synonyms: by(a) (adj), bye(a) (adj), side(a) (adj), adieu (n), adios (n), arrivederci (n), au revoir (n), auf wiedersehen (n), bye-bye (n), cheerio (n), good day (n), goodby (n), good-by (n), goodbye (n), good-bye (n), pass (n), sayonara (n), so long (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Departure	Leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon; go off the stage, make one's exit; retire, withdraw, remove; vamoose, vamose; go one's way, go along, go from home; take flight, take wing; spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight; fly away, whip away; embark; go on board, go aboard; set sail' put to sea, go to sea; sail, take ship; hoist blue Peter; get under way, weigh anchor; strike tents, decamp; walk one's chalks, cut one's stick; take leave; say good bye, bid goodbye; Noun: disappear; abscond; (avoid); entrain; inspan.
Seclusion Exclusion	Adjective: secluded, sequestered, retired, delitescent, private, bye; out of the world, out of the way; " the world forgetting by the world forgot ".
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Bye

English words defined with "bye": by, By the bye ♦ pass ♦ side. (references)

Specialty definitions using "bye": BYE BLOW ♦ Goodbyes ♦ John Anderson, my Jo ♦ k-den ♦ PATTI. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Bye mum (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding) Bye bye California (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster) Good bye, Margo (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz) Thank you, good bye, good bye, thank you, good bye (Aladdin; writing credit: Roger Allers; Ron Clements) Bye Superman (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)
Lyrics	Marciano, Liberace, Santayana good bye (We Didn't Start The Fire; performing artist: Billy Joel) Before we say good bye (The End of the Innocence; performing artist: Don Henley) Why say bye bye (Still; performing artist: Macy Gray) Could I say it when you play it try boom bye bye (Feel Me Flow; performing artist: Naughty By Nature) Adios, amigo, bye bye (Me, Myself and I; performing artist: Vitamin C)
Movie/TV Titles	Bye Bye Blues (1973) Sevilla Good Bye (1954) Bye Bluebeard Bye (1949) Alibi Bye Bye (1935) Lenin! Good bye (2003)
Song Titles	Bye Bye Bye (performing artist: N Sync) Bye Bye Baby (performing artist: The Four Seasons)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Bye, Bye Bachelorhood/Coaxing Cupid (Duets, 63) (reference) Bye Bye Backache (reference) Bye Bye Birdie: Complete Vocal Score (reference) Bye Bye Birdie: Vocal Selections (reference) Ouch! Bye Bye, Boo-Boos (Vinyl Sticker Book) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Ranma 1/2 Ranma Forever - Rock a Bye Ranma (Vol. 4) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Bye Bye Birdie (1960 Original Broadway Cast) [CAST RECORDING] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [EXTRA TRACKS] (reference) Bye Bye Birdie: An Original Soundtrack Recording (1963 Film) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) Bye Bye Blues (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[Little girl waving "Good bye"]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Good bye! see you next week, Chief. Credit: Library of Congress.
	"Good bye, Dad, I'm off to fight for Old Glory, you buy U.S. gov't bonds" Third Liberty Loan / / Lawrence Harris ; Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.		"Good bye, Dad, I'm off to fight for Old Glory, you buy U.S. gov't bonds" Third Liberty Loan / / Lawrence Harris ; Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	By the bye, that is almost enough to put one out of conceit with a niece
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Trade	Eritrea	To finance its overall deficit, the government resorted to bank credit; as a result total, outstanding domestic debt rose from 2.8 billion Nakfa (47 percent o GDP) by the end of 1998 to approximately 7.7 billion Nakfa bye the end of 2000 (about 106 percent of GDP). A substantial part of this debt was financed by selling government treasury bills to the Central Bank. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Bob Barker	Bob Barker reminding you to help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered. Good bye, everybody.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Bye" is generally used as an interjection -- approximately 92.12% of the time. "Bye" is used about 1,763 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
Interjection	92.12%	1,624	5,121
Noun (singular)	7.88%	139	26,913
Total	100.00%	1,763	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "bye" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Bye	Last name	1,000	9,593
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "bye": by the bye ♦ bye bye ♦ bye bye! ♦ bye election ♦ bye for now! ♦ bye law ♦ bye path ♦ good bye ♦ say good bye to. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "bye": bye-bye, bye-byes, bye-ee, bye-eee, bye-election, bye-elections, bye-end, Bye-fellowship, Bye-law, bye-laws, bye-line, bye-names, bye-ways.
	Ending with "bye": basser-bye, by-and-bye, bye-bye, cheerie-bye, good-bye, hush-a-bye, in-bye, kiss good-bye, leg-bye, say good-bye, tutty-bye, you can kiss it good-bye.
	Containing "bye": say good-bye to smb..
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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.

Language		Translations for "bye"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		tot siens (goodbye, so long), adieu (adieu, farewell, goodbye). (various references)

Albanian		mirupafshim (adieu, au revoir, bye bye, good buy, good bye, so long). (various references)

Arabic		‏فرعي (sub, subsidiary), ‏نقطة في لعبة الكريكت, ‏الى اللقاء (bye bye, pip pip), ‏ثانوي (inferior, insignificant, marginal, minor, petty, secondary, side, sub, unimportant). (various references)

Bavarian		auf wiedaschaung (goodbye, so long). (various references)

Bulgarian		второстепенен (accessary, accessory, accidental, by, collateral, inessential, lesser, minor, off, second, secondary, side, subordinate, tributary, two bit), нещо второстепенно (by), пропусната от вратаря топка. (various references)

Chinese		再见 (bye-bye, goodbye). (various references)

Czech		sbohem (adieu, bye bye, good bye), nashle. (various references)

Danish		farvel (adieu, farewell, goodbye, good-bye). (various references)

Dutch		vaarwel (adieu, farewell, goodbye, good-bye), adieu (adieu, farewell, goodbye, good-bye). (various references)

Esperanto		ĝis revido (goodbye, so long), adiaŭ (adieu, farewell, goodbye, good-bye). (various references)

Faeroese		farvæl (adieu, farewell, goodbye). (various references)

Farsi		فرعی (Accessory, Adjunct, Ancillary, By, Derivative, Extraneous, Inferior, Petty, Secondary, Sideway, Subordinate, Subsidiary, Tributary), چیزهای کناری یاثانوی , خداحافظ. (various references)

Finnish		hyvästi (adieu, farewell, goodbye, good-bye!). (various references)

French		au revoir (bye bye, good bye), adieu (good bye). (various references)

Frisian		farwol (adieu, farewell, goodbye). (various references)

Galician		adeus (good bye). (various references)

German		tschüs (cheerio, so long). (various references)

Greek		ώρα καλή (see you). (various references)

Hebrew		להתראות (adieu, au revoir, be seen, cheerio, farewell, good bye, meet, so long), היה שלום (farewell, good bye). (various references)

Hungarian		viszlát (adieu, bye bye, farewell, goodbye, so long). (various references)

Icelandic		bless (adieu, farewell, goodbye, so long). (various references)

Indonesian		selamat jalan. (various references)

Irish		beannacht (adieu, blessing, farewell, goodbye), slÚn (adieu, farewell, goodbye). (various references)

Italian		arrivederci (bye bye, goodbye, see you later, see you soon, so, so long), addio (adieu, bye bye, farewell, goodbye). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ハ長調 (bar, bar code, barbarism, barbecue, barbell, barber, barell, bargain, bargain sale, bargaining power, bartender, barter, base, Bayer, BBQ, Berkeley, berkelium, Berkley, Bermuda shorts, Bermuda Triangle, berth, bias, biathlon, bio, bio music, biochip, biocomputer, bioconversion, bioelectronics, bioethics, biofeedback, biogas, biography, biohazard, bioholonics, bioindustry, bioinfomatics, biomass, bionics, biopsy, bioreactor, biorhythm, bioscience, biosensor, biotechnology, biotelemetry, biotron, bird carving, bird sanctuary, bird watching, birdcall, birdie, Birmingham, birth, birth control, birthday, bourbon, Burberry, burger, burlesque, burner, burn-out syndrome, burst, buying power, by, C major, crowbar, Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, hair combed in stripes across a bald pate, old man who takes Viagra, scale, updating a software version, Vermont, vernier, verse, version, vertical marketing, violin, violinist, virgin, Virginia, virginity, virtual, virtual circuit, virtual reality). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		バイ (by). (various references)

Korean		안녕 (goodbye). (various references)

Lombard		se vedom (adieu, farewell, goodbye). (various references)

Luganda		weeraba. (various references)

Manx		shaghey (bygone, delay, past), bai (bias, partiality, slope). (various references)

Norwegian		på gjensyn (goodbye, so long), farvel (adieu, farewell, goodbye, good-bye). (various references)

Papiamen		tanten (adieu, farewell, goodbye), so long (adieu, farewell, goodbye), ayo (adieu, farewell, goodbye), asta la vista (goodbye, so long). (various references)

Pig Latin		yebay.(various references)

Polish		do widzenia (goodbye, so long), żegnaj (adieu, farewell, goodbye). (various references)

Portuguese		adeus (adieu, farewell, goodbye, good-bye, vale, valediction). (various references)

Romanian		secundar (adjective, secondary, seconds hand, subordinate, subsidiary), accesoriu (accessary, accessories, accessory, accidental, adjunct, adjunctive, adventitious, appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, attachment, fixture, second, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary), îndepãrtat (distant, high, long run, outlying, remote, removed). (various references)

Russian		прощание (adieu, farewell, good bye, leave, leave taking, leave-taking, parting, valediction), прощальный привет, пока (as long as, as yet, bye bye, bye-bye, cheerio, during, for, for the time being, pro tempore, so far, so long as, till, until the time at which, whereas, while, whiles, whilst). (various references)

Scottish		beannachd leibh (adieu, farewell, goodbye), beannachd leat (adieu, farewell, goodbye). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zdravo (hello, how, soundly), sporedna stvar (accessary, accessory, side issue, sideshow), pozdrav (bye bye, greeting, obeisance, salutation, salute). (various references)

Spanish		adiós (adieu, adios, by-by, bye bye, cheerio, farewell, good bye, goodbye). (various references)

Sranan		adyosi (adieu, farewell, goodbye). (various references)

Swahili		kwa herini (adieu, farewell, goodbye, good-bye), kwa heri (adieu, farewell, goodbye, good-bye). (various references)

Swedish		bisak (matter of detail, secondary matter, side issue), vi ses (goodbye, see you later, so long), hejdå (ciao), hej så länge (goodbye, see you, see you later, so long), hej då (adieu, bye bye, farewell, goodbye, so long, tata), adjö så länge (goodbye, so long), adjö (adieu, farewell, good bye, goodbye, good-bye). (various references)

Thai		บ๊ายบาย (ta-ra!). (various references)

Turkish		krikette sayı, gülegüle (adieu, farewell, goodbye), ast (inferior, junior, sub-, subaltern, subordinate, underling, understrapper), allahaismarladik (adieu, farewell, goodbye), çiftli yarışan çiftlerden biri. (various references)

Ukrainian		щось другорядне, гра одного проти двух, боксер вільний від участі в змаганні, прощайте (adieu, bye bye, vale). (various references)

Vietnamese		thứ yếu (unessential), phụ (accessary, accessory, assistant, associate, auxiliary, extra, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary), cái thứ yếu (unessential). (various references)

Yucatec		tu heel k'iin (goodbye, so long). (various references)

Zulu		salani kahle (adieu, farewell, goodbye), sala kahle (adieu, farewell, goodbye), hambani kahle (adieu, farewell, goodbye), hamba kahle (adieu, farewell, goodbye). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	ave. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 42, Verse 3
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Katebhsan de oi adelfoi iwshf oi deka priasqai siton ex aiguptou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Descendentes igitur fratres Ioseph decem ut emerent frumenta in Aegypto
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Thanne descendynge the ten britheren of Joseph that thei myyten bigge whete in Egipte,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	So went Iosephs ten brethern doune to bye corne in Egipte
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Genesis Chapter 42, Verse 3
Cebuano	Ug ang napulo ka mga magsoon ni Jose milugsong aron sa pagpalit ug trigo gikan sa Egipto.
Croatian	Tako desetero Josipove braæe siðe da nabavi žita iz Egipta.
Danish	Så drog de ti af Josefs Brødre ned for at købe Korn i Ægypten;
Dutch	Toen togen Jozefs tien broederen af, om koren uit Egypte te kopen.
Finnish	Niin kymmenen Joosefin veljeä lähti ostamaan viljaa Egyptistä.
French	Dix frères de Joseph descendirent en Égypte, pour acheter du blé.
German	Also zogen hinab zehn Brüder Josephs, daß sie in Ägypten Getreide kauften.
Haitian Creole	Se konsa, dis nan frè Jozèf yo desann nan peyi Lejip, y al achte ble.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Lalu pergilah kesepuluh abang Yusuf itu membeli gandum di Mesir.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka turunlah saudara-saudara Yusuf itu, sepuluh orang banyaknya, hendak membeli gandum ke Mesir.
Italian	Allora i dieci fratelli di Giuseppe scesero per acquistare il frumento in Egitto.
Maori	Na ka haere nga tuakana kotahi tekau o Hohepa ki raro, ki Ihipa, ki te hoko witi.
Norwegian	Da drog Josefs ti brødre ned for å kjøpe korn i Egypten.
Portuguese	Então desceram os dez irmãos de José, para comprarem trigo no Egito.
Rumanian	Zece frayi ai lui Iosif s`au pogorkt kn Egipt, ca sq cumpere grku.
Spanish	Diez de los hermanos de José descendieron a comprar trigo en Egipto.
Swedish	Då foro tio av Josefs bröder ned för att köpa säd i Egypten.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bye": byelaw, byelaws, byes. (additional references)
	Words ending with "bye": abye, debye, forbye, forebye, goodbye, inbye, outbye, rockabye, upbye. (additional references)
	Words containing "bye": abyes, debyes, goodbyes, lobbyer, lobbyers, rockabyes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Bye" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baye, bayee, Bayeh, bce, bcy, Beya, beye, bfe, bhe, bie, biem, Bii, bije, biqe, bive, biyo, blyde, blye, blyme, Blyne, Bmya, boye, bqe, brye, bryee, bse, bue, buye, buy'em, bwe, bwye, Bya, byad, byb, Bybee, bycer, byd, Byde, byed, byee, Byeee, byel, byer, byet, byg, byid, byj, Byk, byke, byl, byle, bym, Byme, Byn, byo, byr, byt, byu, byv, Byw, Iye, Mbiyu, uye, zye. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "bye" (pronounced bī")
2	b ī"	bi, buy, by, goodbye, hereby, nearby, standby, thereby, whereby.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: bey.
	Words within the letters "b-e-y"
	-1 letter: be, by, ye.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-y"
	+1 letter: abye, bevy, beys, byes, byre, byte, gybe, obey.
	+2 letters: abbey, abyes, barye, bayed, beady, beaky, beamy, beefy, beery, beigy, belay, belly, bendy, benny, berry, beryl, bluey, blype, bogey, boney, buyer, byres, bytes, debye, derby, ebony, embay, gybed, gybes, herby, inbye, maybe, obeys, rebuy, upbye, webby, yerba.
	+3 letters: abbeys, ambery, bailey, bakery, barely, barley, baryes, baryte, basely, baymen, beachy, beauty, beechy, belady, belays, belfry, benday, bendys, benzyl, beryls, betony, betray, bewray, beylic, beylik, beyond, bigeye, bleary, blebby, blenny, blimey, blooey, bluely, bluesy, blueys, blypes, bogeys, boogey, bowery, bowyer, brayed, brayer, bready, breezy, briery, bugeye, buoyed, burley, buyers, byelaw, bygone, byline, byname, byrled, byrnie, daybed, debyes, dyable, embays, embody, emboly, embryo, eyebar, feebly, forbye, foreby, hereby, maybes, nearby, nebuly, obeyed, obeyer, outbye, pebbly, rebody, rebury, rebuys, redbay, ribeye, syboes, trebly, ubiety, yabber, yerbas.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
good bye	747	bye good lyrics say time	63
good bye poem	550	bye bye baby store	63
good bye quote	353	bye good hard its say so yesterday	59
bye bye baby	259	the long good bye	59
bye bye birdie	248	bye good lyrics say	56
bye	190	best bye	50
bye good lyrics	186	good bye friend poem	49
good bye card	145	birdie bye bye lyrics	48
to say good bye	145	bye bye love	48
bye good letter	135	last good bye	47
good bye song	134	bye good lenin	46
bye bye bye	134	the good bye girl	43
saying good bye	121	good bye love poem	42
time to say good bye	108	bye good quote saying	42
good bye earl	97	bye good speech	41
bye bye	86	branch bye good michelle	40
bye edge good jagged lyrics	84	rock a bye baby	39
bye good poem saying	76	good bye poetry	37
branch bye good lyrics michelle	74	bye friend good	37
bye bye miss american pie	72	bye good hard its say so	35
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Good bye blue sky" by Filip Schneider Commentary: "Towering over my head."	"Bye bye sun" by Nik Frey Commentary: "Fire in the sky."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Bye

Definition: Bye

Bye

Adjective

Noun

Synonyms: Bye

Synonyms within Context: Bye

Departure

Seclusion Exclusion

Crosswords: Bye

Modern Usage: Bye

Screenplays

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: Bye

Books

Theater & Movies

Music

Image Slideshow: Bye

Photos:Bye

Illustrations:Bye

Computer Images:Bye

Photo Album: Bye

Digital Photo Gallery: Bye

Use in Literature: Bye

Emma

Austen, Jane

Non-Fiction Usage: Bye

Spoken Usage: Bye

Bob Barker

Usage Frequency: Bye

Name Usage Frequency: Bye

Expressions: Bye

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bye

Modern Translation: Bye

Afrikaans

Albanian

Arabic

Bavarian

Bulgarian

Chinese

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Faeroese

Farsi

Finnish

French

Frisian

Galician

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Irish

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Korean

Lombard

Luganda

Manx

Norwegian

Papiamen

Pig Latin

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Scottish

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Sranan

Swahili

Swedish

Thai

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