bye
/baɪ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.39 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
noun
A thing not directly aimed at; a secondary or subsidiary object, course, path, undertaking, issue, etc.
Obsolete
noun
An unspecified way or place.
noun
A pass.
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "Craig's Crew plays the bye next week."
- "The Patriots were in the unique situation of having to play 16 straight games, then have their bye in week 17, whether they needed it or not."
- "The Synod of Dort in some points condemneth, upon the by, even the discipline of the Church of England."
- "Frank Kennedy will shew you the penalties in the act, and ye ken yoursell they used to put their run goods into the auld Place of Ellangowan up bye there."
- "This was lattin at me, ye ken, for inveetin the coachman an' the gamekeeper up bye."
- "No word of a new house-keeper down bye, Wull?"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: bī